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Veltliner · Oct 19, 2007, 08:00 PM

I just tried to right-click on a hotmail message in order to get the view source-dialogue for forwarding a message including the headers.

I couldn't get it to work.

If I press the mighty mouse on the right side, I get a dialogue, but not the one from hotmail. It's more a Mac dialogue box.

If I use the right button, I have the same result as clicking both side buttons - I see all open applications.

Now, how do you right-click on a Mac?

Thanks!

Oisín · Oct 19, 2007, 08:05 PM

I’m not sure I’m understanding you here...

You have a Mighty Mouse, right? In that case, you just right-click, like you would any other mouse. Click on the right side of the mouse.

I don’t understand what you mean by “not the one from Hotmail”..?

And where exactly are you trying to right-click? On the name of the message in the message list, or in the body of the message when viewing a single message, or..? And what is a “view-source dialogue for forwarding a message including the headers”? Are you simply trying to view the source of the HTML page?

Edit: Scratch that first line—I’m pretty sure I’m not understanding you here!

Veltliner · Oct 20, 2007, 12:27 AM

First, I don't know why there are two threads of this theme.

I had the new thread in preview, and then made a correction, and it seems, that somehow the old and the new version got posted.

Oisin: in hotmail's help it says: right-click on address, and then a submenu opens, and click "view source".

When I right-click the address, the submenu opens with the following items: open in new tab, open in background tab, etc...

But there is no "view source" menu item I could click on.

Veltliner · Oct 20, 2007, 12:47 AM

What I want to do is simply get the full headers of a hotmail message.

goMac · Oct 20, 2007, 12:52 AM

This is an Internet Explorer only feature. A quick Google search shows Linux users are having the same issue. I'm guessing Microsoft used some proprietary code nonsense to do this. Right clicking to do something generally isn't supported in web browsers.

Curiosity · Oct 20, 2007, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by goMac

Right clicking to do something generally isn't supported in web browsers.

It certainly is supported in Firefox and Safari.

Art Vandelay · Oct 20, 2007, 02:10 AM

I think he met that doing non-browser commands is not generally support in browsers. That's something that MS is doing with IE in this instance. They're creating a special contextual menu with hotmail specific commands.

Veltliner · Oct 20, 2007, 02:27 AM

And the fun of it is: I can't get the source view on my Mac.

The only source view I got was the HTML view, and that's not the one I need. I need the one with the full header.

I'll put hotmail on ice!

Cadaver · Oct 20, 2007, 02:33 AM

Hotmail + Mac = trouble

Oisín · Oct 20, 2007, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by Cadaver

Hotmail + Mac = trouble

Hotmail = trouble. No Mac necessary.

Veltliner · Oct 20, 2007, 10:54 PM

Problem solved.

The reason why I could not get the headers in hotmail was:

1. You have to use Firefox or (if you are a masochist) Internet Explorer.

Then you need to upgrade hotmail to the full version.

Then you can right-click the message, choose "view source", and then you have the message with the full headers.

You cannot use Safari, Opera, or any other browser for this. Only Firefox, and the other one.