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View email as Source (HTML) in Outlook

Anonymous
2023-05-03T04:59:06+00:00

Hello All,

I used to have this feature to view message in HTML format using the old outlook. Now with the new Outlook I do not see that option. Is this feature removed from the new outlook?

I have checked for this option in the OWA, but that too does not pose this feature.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-29T14:03:39+00:00

    try openign the message in it's own window.

    In the 'move' section of the tool bar, select Actions -> Other Actions -> View Source

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-17T16:32:56+00:00

    Hi,

    To view the source HTML in an Outlook 365 email message:

    • open the desired email (the email must not be a draft; it needs to be a sent/received email)
    • Right click on the white space in the body of the email
    • Click "view source"

    It will open the source HTML for the email.

    View Source Button:

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    HTML Opens Like So:

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    Thanks!

    Logan

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  3. Robert Sparnaaij [MVP] 18,291 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-05-03T07:28:43+00:00

    There is indeed no direct way to do this.

    However, when you click on the 3 dots menu next to Reply, Reply All, Forward in the Reading Pane, you can choose "Save as". This will download the message as an eml-file which you can open in Notepad. Look for the text/html content type to see the tags. In some cases, you'll need to use a Base64 decoder to convert it back to HTML tags.

    For full instructions and screenshots, including on how to convert a message from Base64 encoding, see;
    View HTML source code of an email in New Outlook - Robert 365

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  4. Robert Sparnaaij [MVP] 18,291 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-08-17T21:25:53+00:00

    @Logan Price1

    However, this question was about the New Outlook for Windows and not the Classic Outlook for Windows ;-)

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-04T07:37:35+00:00

    Thanks, but this only allows you to view the 'message details' (or email header, as it used to be called).

    This does not show the html source code for the body of the email.

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