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The following Information Technology Central Services (ITCS) groups can help with questionable e-mail:

• IT User Advocate
  abuse@umich.edu
  For messages that violate the University's IT Policies and Guidelines, including hate mail and spam generated from within the University
• U-M Virus Busters
  For messages that you believe are related to computer viruses or worms
• U-M Postmaster
  postmaster@umich.edu
  For e-mail delivery or receiving problems at the University of Michigan

• Entourage
• Eudora
• Hotmail
• Mail.app (Mac OS X)
• mail.umich.edu
• Mulberry
• Pine
• Outlook
• Outlook Express
• Windows Mail (Vista)

If your e-mail package is not listed here, try the SpamCop or WHO@ websites.

Entourage 2008

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, under the Message menu, select Internet Headers.
3. Control-click or right-click anywhere within the Internet headers window and click Select All.
4. Control-click or right-click again and select Copy.
5. Close the window.
6. Back in the message window, click the Forward button.
7. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
8. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Entourage 2004

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, under the View menu, select Internet Headers.
3. Control-click or right-click anywhere within the Internet headers window and click Select All.
4. Control-click or right-click again and select Copy.
5. Click the Forward button.
6. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
7. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Eudora

1. Display the message.
2. In the upper left corner of the message window, click on the Blah Blah Blah icon.
3. With full headers displayed, forward the message to the appropriate group(s).

Hotmail

1. From the Hotmail top navigation bar, select Options.
2. In the Options window, select Mail Display Settings (found under the Additional Options column).
3. In the Mail Display Settings window, click the Full radio button under Message Headers.
4. Click OK.
5. From the Hotmail top navigation bar, select Inbox.
6. Open the message you wish to forward.
7. Click the Forward button.
8. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Mail.app

1. Display the message.
2. Under the View menu, select Message, then Long Header.
3. With the full headers displayed, forward the message to the appropriate group(s).

mail.umich.edu

1. Display the message.
2. Click Message Source. HINT: Find it in the gray header directly above the date of the displayed message.
3. A new window will appear; you may need to resize it to show the full headers and message text.
4. Select and copy all the information.
5. Create a new message and paste the copied text into it.
6. Send the new message to the appropriate group(s).

Mulberry

1. Display the message.
2. Hold down the following appropriate key:
   • Windows: Alt
   • Macintosh: Option
   • Unix: Control
   and click the Forward icon.
3. In the "Forward Message" window, select Include Headers in Quote.
4. Click the Forward button.
5. Send the forwarded message to to the appropriate group(s).

Pine

1. Display the message.
2. Press H.
3. With full headers displayed, forward the message to the appropriate group(s).

Outlook 2007

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, click the small arrow to the right of Options.
3. In the "Message Options" window:
   
   1. Right-click anywhere within the Internet headers field and click Select All.
   2. Right-click again and select Copy.
4. Close the "Message Options" window.
5. Back in the message window, click the Forward button.
6. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
7. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Outlook 2000 - 2003

1. Double-click the message to open it in its own window.
2. In the message window, under the View menu, select Options.
3. In the "Message Options" window:
   
   1. Right-click anywhere within the Internet headers field and click Select All.
   2. Right-click again and select Copy.
4. Close the "Message Options" window.
5. Back in the message window, click the Forward button.
6. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message to be forwarded.
7. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Outlook Express

Windows

1. Display the message.
2. Under the File menu, select Properties.
3. In the Properties window, select the Details tab.
4. Right-click anywhere in the "Internet headers for this message" field and click Select All.
5. Right-click again and click Copy.
6. Close the Properties window.
7. Click the Forward button.
8. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message.
9. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Macintosh

1. Display the message.
2. Under the View menu, select Internet Headers.
3. In the header area of the message, select and copy all of the information.
4. Click Forward.
5. Paste the header information into the body of the messge.
6. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

Windows Mail (Vista)

1. In the list of messages, right-click the message you want to forward and select Properties.
2. In the Properties window, select the Details tab.
3. Right-click anywhere in the "Internet headers for this message" field and click Select All.
4. Right-click again and click Copy.
5. Close the Properties window.
6. With the e-mail that you want to forward still selected, click the Forward button.
7. Paste the copied information at the beginning of the message.
8. Send the forwarded message to the appropriate group(s).

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