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Report Abusive Email and Expand Headers

If you have received abusive email, it is important to report it to abuse@uark.edu.

UARK Gmail

When reading email in web-based UARK Gmail, you can report abusive email to both abuse@uark.edu and the Google security team by following these instructions:

  1. Select the spam email or abusive message.

  2. Click the Spam button above your mailbox.

You can also report spam or abusive email with expanded headers. Expand headers and forward to abuse@uark.edu by following these instructions:

  1. Open the message.

  2. Click the down arrow next to Reply. Select Show Original.

  3. Highlight the header information and copy.

  4. Create a new message and paste the header information in the body. Click Send.

UA Mail

To report abusive email, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. To view full headers in UA Mail while viewing the message, click View Source on the right.

  2. Highlight the header information and copy.

  3. Click Forward and paste the header information into the message. Click Send.

Outlook Web App (OWA)

To report abusive email in OWA, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. Double-click the message to open it in a new window.

  2. Click Message Details (the icon is an envelope with a small document over it).

  3. Highlight the information in the Internet Mail Headers field and copy.

  4. Click Forward and paste the header information into the message. Click Send.

Outlook 2010

To report abusive email, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. While viewing a message, click the File tab, Properties.

  2. Highlight the information in the Internet headers field and copy.

  3. Click Forward and paste the header information into the message. Click Send.

Outlook 2011

To report abusive email, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. Right-click or control-click on the message.

  2. Select View Source.

  3. Highlight the expanded header information and copy.

  4. Click Forward and paste the information into the message. Click Send.

Windows Mail

To report abusive email, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. While viewing the message, click File, Properties.

  2. Click the Details tab.

  3. Highlight the information in the "Internet headers for this message" field and copy.

  4. Click Forward and paste the information into the new message. Click Send.

OS X Mail

To report abusive email, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. When viewing the message, select View, Message, Long Headers from the menu bar.

  2. From the Show header detail dropdown menu, select All.

  3. Highlight the header information and copy.

  4. Click Forward and paste the header information into the message. Click Send.

Outlook 2007

To report abusive email, forward it to abuse@uark.edu with expanded headers.

  1. While viewing the message, click the down arrow in the Options group.

  2. Highlight the information in the Internet header field and copy.

  3. Click Forward and paste the information into the message. Click Send.

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