Hi,
Today we will discuss about how to trace a email received in your mail box back to the sender machine. We will trace the email with the help of E-mail header which will be present in Every email. so now we do practical enough theory, I hate theories. Lets do practical.
Our Aim:-
1. To know the ipaddress from where the Mail has come.(if individual has sent from any system.)
2. To know the organization behind the email if sent by any organization.
Requirements :-
1. Mozilla firefox or Internet Explorer.
2. Valid email account with Gmail or Yahoo or any web based email accounts.
Let's go .
Scenario:-
You got a mail from a bank asking you to give your password for your account in that bank, but you suspect that it is not a legitimate mail from the bank, so you now have two options
1. One is to trust the mail and send your password.
2. Do a little investigation by tracing the email, so that you can know from where the mail has come.
Obviously we choose the second option in this case.
Open your Gmail acoount with your valid email and password. Try yours i don't wanna give mine for demo.
STEPS TO PERFORM:
Step 1: Open Gmail web based email or any other but here i will discuss exclusively on gmail box.
Step 2: Open the mail which you suspect and in the Top right corner click on The button after Reply button, i dont know how to name it but you will definitely see that button after reply button sorry for not naming it it has no name on it.
Step 3: Click on show original option displayed after the step 2. Now a new window with mail header will be opened by gmail for you.In that page all the information will be present that is the sender original Ip-address.
Step 4: Copy that all the page by pressing ctrl+a and ctrl +c.
Step 5: open this link in new window http://www.ip-address.org/tracker/trace-email.php
Step 6: Paste the copied Email Header into the Web page opened in previous step. you can see a big box in blue color in that box paste the content(Email header copied in step 4).
Step 7: Now press Trace mail button down the same page you will see the Ip-address of the sender machine from where the mail has come from.
Sample Output may looklike this below.
Hostname: 210.212.51.20
IP Address Country: India
IP Continent: Asia
IP Address City Location: Gorakhpur
IP Address Region: Uttar Pradesh
IP Address Latitude: 26.755,
IP Address Longtitude: 83.3739
Organization: DOEACC SOCIETY,GORAKHPUR
ISP: National Internet Backbone
From this it is clear that the email come from a organization in Gorakhpur, UP,INDIA.
I practiced it and its working well .
So friends we have practically traced a mail Successfully, Next time if you receive any suspicious mail it may help you a little but its not the entire solution, as E-mail is now legally considered as a form of communication be careful while sending emails to others. Bye be safe online.
HAPPY EMAIL TRACING.
Today we will discuss about how to trace a email received in your mail box back to the sender machine. We will trace the email with the help of E-mail header which will be present in Every email. so now we do practical enough theory, I hate theories. Lets do practical.
Our Aim:-
1. To know the ipaddress from where the Mail has come.(if individual has sent from any system.)
2. To know the organization behind the email if sent by any organization.
Requirements :-
1. Mozilla firefox or Internet Explorer.
2. Valid email account with Gmail or Yahoo or any web based email accounts.
Let's go .
Scenario:-
You got a mail from a bank asking you to give your password for your account in that bank, but you suspect that it is not a legitimate mail from the bank, so you now have two options
1. One is to trust the mail and send your password.
2. Do a little investigation by tracing the email, so that you can know from where the mail has come.
Obviously we choose the second option in this case.
Open your Gmail acoount with your valid email and password. Try yours i don't wanna give mine for demo.
STEPS TO PERFORM:
Step 1: Open Gmail web based email or any other but here i will discuss exclusively on gmail box.
Step 2: Open the mail which you suspect and in the Top right corner click on The button after Reply button, i dont know how to name it but you will definitely see that button after reply button sorry for not naming it it has no name on it.
Step 3: Click on show original option displayed after the step 2. Now a new window with mail header will be opened by gmail for you.In that page all the information will be present that is the sender original Ip-address.
Step 4: Copy that all the page by pressing ctrl+a and ctrl +c.
Step 5: open this link in new window http://www.ip-address.org/tracker/trace-email.php
Step 6: Paste the copied Email Header into the Web page opened in previous step. you can see a big box in blue color in that box paste the content(Email header copied in step 4).
Step 7: Now press Trace mail button down the same page you will see the Ip-address of the sender machine from where the mail has come from.
Sample Output may looklike this below.
Email Header Analysis
IP Address: 210.212.51.20Hostname: 210.212.51.20
IP Address Country: India
IP Continent: Asia
IP Address City Location: Gorakhpur
IP Address Region: Uttar Pradesh
IP Address Latitude: 26.755,
IP Address Longtitude: 83.3739
Organization: DOEACC SOCIETY,GORAKHPUR
ISP: National Internet Backbone
From this it is clear that the email come from a organization in Gorakhpur, UP,INDIA.
I practiced it and its working well .
So friends we have practically traced a mail Successfully, Next time if you receive any suspicious mail it may help you a little but its not the entire solution, as E-mail is now legally considered as a form of communication be careful while sending emails to others. Bye be safe online.
HAPPY EMAIL TRACING.
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