2006-07-05 11:27:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
If by origin you mean where in the world it came from then yes, but there could be ways of disguising where it came from
Visualware has such a program (15 Day trial then you must buy) which you can download, or you can paste the email header of the email you want to trace, into the box at their website
http://emailtrackerpro.visualware.com/
I did this with one of yahoo's mails and it says Sunnyvale, California, and that is where yahoo is located.
As i mentioned it is not all that accurate. I live in South Africa but my email host is in the USA but my ISP is registered in Mauritius. So if I query a header of a message I sent to myself it says it came from America and that the company who owns the server is registered in Mauritius, but it doesn't say that the computer from which the email was sent is located in South Africa. Therefor it will also depend on the ISP the person is using.
In all mails an IP address is present, but can also be spoofed so yes it can actually.
If i send and email to you and you send it to someone else, and they track it, it will track back to you. What i am trying to say is if someone sends an email to claiming Microsoft or whoever will give 10 cents to some charity every time you forward an email to someone, then the email is lying.
In actual fact the email can be traced straight from the origin, the person who created it, but it will take weeks even months, if it has been passed and forwarded hunderds of times, because of the number of servers involved and the volume of mail sent around the world, it will also be very costly.
I hope that helps.
2006-07-05 12:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by jason b 5 · 19⤊ 1⤋
In Outlook convey you are able to actual-click the e-mail and choose homes, information, Message source. reading this might exhibit the originating IP handle, which will become a mail server located everywhere interior the international. yet while the e-mail claims to be from america of a and the server is located someplace else, be suspicious now at the very least.
2016-12-08 16:04:55 · answer #2 · answered by dobard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There certainly is a way, you need to stop being lazy and search for it online.
PS, You haven't read the Holy Quran, so you are only talking out of ignorance.
2006-07-05 18:51:22 · answer #3 · answered by mr.huh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just look at the email address from who you got it from. If you don't have that, then no.
2006-07-05 11:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-05 11:32:31 · answer #5 · answered by citizen ex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋