Tracking someone trew a email?

Question

does anyone know how to track someone and get there details from an email adress because my girlfreiend is getting harrased by someone and i think i might know them but wanna get the details whould be a great help if any solutions thanks alot..

Answer 1

You can get the source IP from an email [assuming you are using Outlook Express or they are all basically the same] by highlighting the email [don't open it] right click on it and select Properties.



This will give you all the source details of the email. However even using a IP trace will only give you a rough location. They are not that accurate and can be up to a 100 miles out.



As regards getting an actual home address, you wont get it or even the Service Provider [the ISP]. That information is protected by the Data Protection Act of 1998 and the Human Rights Act.



As regards the harassment it depends in what form it takes. If you think it is that bad your only course of action would be to print them off and take them them to the Police together with the IP source. If it is that bad they will take it up.



If they wont then your only course of action is for her to change her email address.

Answer 2

Google’s Gmail



1. Log into your account and open the email in question.



2. Click on the down arrow that’s to the right of the Reply link. Choose Show Original from the list.



track emails



You need to look for the lines of text that start with Received: from. Tthere are several Received From’s in the message header. The message header contains the IP addresses of all of servers involved in routing that email to you.



To find the first computer that originally sent the email, you’ll have to find the Received From that’s farthest down. It should contain the name of the computer and the IP address of the PC it originated from.



Yahoo Mail Beta



1. Log into your account and open the email (if you’re using Yahoo Mail Beta with the new preview interface, make sure you double-click on the email so that it opens in a new tab)



2. At the top right, you’ll see there is a drop-down option where Standard Header is selected by default.



3. Click on it and choose Full Header.



It should be the same as Gmail from there.



Microsoft Outlook



1. Open the email in Outlook by double-clicking on it



2. Go to View at the top menu (the menu options for the email, not the main Outlook window) and choose Options.



outlook message headers



You’ll get a dialog box where you can set the message options and at the bottom you’ll see the Internet Headers box. Copy and paste the text into Notepad to find the information easily.



**With the information you find, you can report the person to their ISP (Internet Service Provider) and file a police report.



Email me if you have any further questions or need further information on the IP address you find.

Answer 3

Show the details of the header of the email and it'll show you what ISP the mail was sent through. If it's one of the free mail account services it'll probably be pretty hard to find out anything valuable...

Answer 4

not really possible your best bet is to contact the company who the user is using to send these harassing emails. tell her to block the email address or change hers.