Message Trace
Message Trace provides the ability for you to trace an e-mail instantly from to any recipient, or any sender over the last 10 days (max).
Message Trace Options
Date Filter Type
Select "Relative" or "Start/End" to provide different options on how you want to date range the search.
Number of days to search
If you select "Relative" for Date Filter Type, enter the number of days you would like to search. The maximum search is 10 days.
Start Date
If you select "Start/End" for Date Filter Type, this will allow you to pick the date and time you want the search to begin
End Date
If you select "Start/End" for Date Filter Type, this will allow you to pick the date and time you want the search to end
Sender
The e-mail address of the sender you want to filter for
Recipient
The e-mail address of the recipient you want to filter for
Message ID
The message ID of the message you are searching for, if known
Status
Select the message status from the drop down
From IP
Enter an IP address you are wanting to filter the results to just messages sent from this IP address
To IP
Enter an IP address you are wanting to filter the results to just messages received to this IP address
Table Details
Below are the default columns displayed in the table. Additional columns may be available by selecting the "Toggle Column Visibility" button at the top of the table.
Received
The relative time since the message was received
Status
The delivery status of the message
Sender Address
The e-mail address of the sender
Recipient Address
The e-mail address of the recipient
Subject
The subject of the email
Table Actions
View Details
Opens a modal that displays a table with additional details regarding the message's routing.
View in Explorer
Opens the message in Microsoft Defender Explorer (Email & Collaboration -> Real-time detections)
Feature Requests / Ideas
We value your feedback and ideas. Please raise any feature requests on GitHub.
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