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i was watching the NBC internet scam show and Chris Hansen showed how on a Win machine you can track where an email originated. I went under view/message/Raw source but it only gives the email sites but not the country

Is there a program available to do this?
 
Posts: 797 | Location: dearbon,MI , USA | Registered: June 11, 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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They are simply looking at IP addresses and tracing down where they're assigned - which isn't always accurate. My work office in Southfield was listed as being in Arizona for a while because that's where the ISP we were hooked up to was headquartered.

There's no country information in the headers, just computer names and/or IP addresses. Neither one is a guarantee as to where any particular computer is.


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thanks Jack

the show is scary enough,, I'm goin back to cash!
 
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