Checking email source

GrizzlyAdams_2

If I think I am recvieving emails from one person who is using different addresses, how can I check the source of the emails?

Thanks

johngc

Im not sure exactly what you are after, but if you want to find out the details of the sender then I am afraid that if they don't want you to know it, then you are very unlikely to find it.

If you just want to find the geographical location then you may be able to check the IP address of the sender. This may also tell you what ISP it was sent through.

The problem that you will have is that it is quite easy to fake email address's and also quite easy to set up annonymous ones (hotmail, gmail etc etc)

You can start by looking at the header of the email which will give you a bit of an idea about where it came from but I doubt that it will tell you too much that you will find useful. Try this though.

Try this link too for info.

GrizzlyAdams_2

johngc wrote: »

Im not sure exactly what you are after, but if you want to find out the details of the sender then I am afraid that if they don't want you to know it, then you are very unlikely to find it.

If you just want to find the geographical location then you may be able to check the IP address of the sender. This may also tell you what ISP it was sent through.

The problem that you will have is that it is quite easy to fake email address's and also quite easy to set up annonymous ones (hotmail, gmail etc etc)

You can start by looking at the header of the email which will give you a bit of an idea about where it came from but I doubt that it will tell you too much that you will find useful. Try this though.

Try this link too for info.

I guess knowing the ISP would tell me if the emails were from teh same person. But geographical area would help too. I looked at the headers but can't see anything that makes any sense.