![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll find the IP address of the email server that sent the email as Original IP or X Originating IP.This will probably be the second line in the email header after Delivered To Open the email header as we showed above (Open Email> More>Show Original).Now that you have a slightly better idea of what different data in the email header represent, let’s see how to use email headers to trace email IP address: X Google SMTP Source: This shows if the email was using the Gmail SMTP server to transfer.X Received: Not the same as Received. Instead, it shows a temporary address like a Gmail SMTP server or a mail transfer agent.Return Path: This is where bounce or non-send emails go.Received SPF: The SPF or Sender Policy Framework is a part of the email authentication that prevents email sender address forgery.ARC Seal: Verifies the contents of the authentication results and the message signature.ARC Message Signature: Validates the email header info, much like DKIM does.It stands for Authenticated Receive Chain ARC Authentication Results: ARC identifies the email forwarders.DKIM is an important tool in preventing email fraud DKIM Signature: DKIM or Domain Keys Identified Mail serves to authenticate what domain was the email sent from.Authentication Results: This is the record of all performed authentication checks.This will probably be either UTF-8 character set and ISO-8859-1 Content Type: Lets the email client or the browser know how to “read” the email contents.MIME Version: MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions and represents the email format standard currently in use.Delivered To: The final recipient of the email.This then goes through a list of email servers that the message went to get to you Received: Read this from bottom to top, where the bottom is the original email sender.To: Who the intended recipient of your email is.Subject: Obviously the subject of the email.Reply-To: This is the email address that you send the response to.However, don’t rely on this as this information can be forged (if only it was that easy) Then go to View>Message>Raw Source to open the email header.īefore we dive into the email header to learn how to trace an email address to its owner, we need to understand what data does the email header contain.Select and open the email message you want to trace back to its owner.You’ll find what you’re looking for in Internet Headers.Double-click on the email message that you want to look at.Select View Raw Message. This opens a new tab where you can see the email header. ![]()
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