Tuesday 13 November 2012

How To Trace an Email

Generally, the path taken by an email while traveling from sender to receiver can be explained by following diagram.




Step 1:-So here is the method of tracing the exact location from the email sent.I am showing the email tracing on gmail here but yahoo and other mail providing services have same concept. Step 1:-First open up your email account and click on your inbox.

Step 2:-Now Select any email that you want to trace.




Step 3:-Click on on the more button on the upper right hand of opened email and click on (show original)
Refer image Below..........




Step 4:- Raw data of the e-mail will open up in new tab 
The original IP of the sender is enclosed in this raw data or email Header.....



Step 5:- Copy the whole raw data Ctrl+A (select all) then Ctrl+C (Copy).

Step 6:- Open  http://cur.lv/12lio  (skip ads)



Step 7:- Paste the raw data in textbox Ctrl+V.
And Click on Analyse the header above Button.
The First Ip Will be The Sender IP Adrress.




To see the proper location of this IP address Go to http://www.whatismyip.com or http://www.whois.domaintools.com .These websites help you to find the whole detail and satellite images of the ISP location from the Email was sent.

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