is this true?

Question

e-mails can be traced. In fact, e-mails all have hidden tags that they come with which reveal their path and source through the internet. This can be revealed under options settings on most e-mails accounts.
how can someone else do this to someone else account? please tell me is this true????????

Answer 1

They're not hidden and anything can be traced if you have the authority/$$ to do so.

Answer 2

Hi there,

Yes, emails CAN be traced back to the SENDER.

Like Yahoo! Mail, when you read an email on yahoo (i use the older version) you go down to the bottom and click on "Show Headers" this will show you who sent it, where it came from and the return path.
All emails are the same IF you know what you are doing and looking for.
It's nothing NEW and hasn't been sence emial was invented.

And for the person that said it takes auth and $$, read up on it before you post, that statment of yours, makes questions like this.

Answer 3

The IP address from which a given e-mail was sent shows up in the headers. So yes, in most cases e-mail can be traced back to the sender.

Answer 4

All email headers can be faked, but not usually the IP. If push come to shove (such as a court order) the IP would have to reveal whos address came from.

Answer 5

I have heard this in some places, and yes E-Mails can be tracked but not everywhere. On my G-Mail account and hotmail account, it's not possible.

Answer 6

Its not true, different emails hotmail, gmail etc have different ways of storing their emails. There is no easy way to get all these information.

The only easy way is to get the email password and secretly do a forward. Meaning all emails that person get all also be forwarded to you.

Answer 7

Pshh what aload of bull who ever told you this or were ever you heard this from should get a bloody slap

Answer 8

yes ofcourse.hackers can do it.if the mailserver is weekmeans it canbe cracked.and wid the help of email packets tags.u can identify from where the mailis coming and going