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IP lookups

Find out who is behind an IP address:

Best:

Rest:

How to track where an email comes from:

In Outlook:

1. Open up the email
2. Click on View
3. Click on Options
4. You should see a lot of text in the window called Message header
5. Copy the last ISP number
6. Go to a DNS trace site listed above and put in the IP number
7. You should be able to at least determine the country, city or server the email sender is using.

In Groupwise:

  1. You have to first select "QuickViewer". That splits your
    screen so you can preview each message without actually opening it, much
    like Outlook Express.
  2. In new GW versions, a small subject window will then appear at the top
    of the preview window. There is a drop down list here. It will show you
    the MIME info.
  3. That's where the header info is located. Yours is listed
    below.
  4. Go to the trace sites listed above and put in the IP number
  5. You should be able to at least determine the country, city or server the email sender is using.

Outlook Express

  1. Highlight each email you received from the offending parties, one at a time. Don't open them. Just highlight them with your mouse
  2. Now right click on the mouse. You should get a menu
  3. Select the last item on the menu - Properties
  4. A property box should pop up. Select the second window - "Details"
  5. You should get a lot of technical gibberish. Copy everything in that box. Copy the text (highlight it with your mouse, then copy it and paste it into a Word document or email message
  6. Go to the trace sites listed above and put in the IP number
  7. You should be able to at least determine the country, city or server the email sender is using.


Here is an illustration of how to read a Message Header: