Trace an e-mail address

[AboveTheLogic]

the server for your hosted domain is in california, then... doesn't trace back to you

sounds like you are taking a healthy interest in the subject, but a lot of your concerns can be explained

[Shems]

Concerns ?

Please elaborate....

[AboveTheLogic]

Originally Posted by Shems

Concerns ?

Please elaborate....

OK..

Originally Posted by Shems

L.S.,

"Information is the most valuable commodity I ever heard of.
Wouldn't you agree?" (Michael Douglas - Wall Street).

What I've noticed is the trace ends at certain servers. Still, I believe -firmly- they're ways to retrieve the information. For one, it takes a level general knowledge and experience. If you notice (like I did) security's your main concern; exploit that fear !!!! For example, I got into how it all worked with those ip-numbers; infinity is unconceivable ?! After a lot of searching (!) I came to the conclusion the internet isn't infinite at all ! Clues; arin, apnic, ripe, iana. I just looked at some apps that -supposedly- can find ip's. I input mine and it came close, but not close enough....[snip!]

I think that you are talking about apps like NeoTrace or websites like visual ip trace.

These really just do a tracert (try it, go to run > cmd > "tracert www.whatismyip.com" with your windows-based machine), but unlike the command-based tracert, it shows a visual representation of each hop made, pretty cool, but not always 100% accurate.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, but not in Los Angeles, such a program may just trace to Los Angeles, but not necessarily to Malibu, where the user might be. It is approximate.

Originally Posted by Shems

Then I searched on a domain I registered and I was suddenly somewhere at the coast of California. Makes no sense; [snip!]

I'm guessing you aren't in California, but is your hosting company based out of there? I'm in Vegas, but if I host through some hosting company based out of, say, Pigeon Forge, TN, my domain trace will go there, not to me.

Originally Posted by Shems

you can virtually do anything in windows what the app does. You just have to know where and how; the app would put a load on your system which makes it harder and slower to connect. I bet if I really wanted to, I could track somebody down;"cmd, nslookup, tracert, pathping" ..... Accessing your ISP' dns-server. Your ip is "reversed and recalculated (hex)"; your ISP turns it into a (sub-) domain-name. If you can find that name and calculate your ip, you'll know what I mean. Suppose you'd be running a file-service; just put "ftp://yuorip" in the address-bar of explorer, iexplore, firefox, run .... and Hoppa! Took me a while to figure it all out and I'm far from done. Now, I've decided to get ms-certified and specify in security. Start with help...

Shems

You can certainly track someone down to an approximate location, unless they are really good at covering their tracks (or are using a program that is better at covering tracks than others).

Sometimes it's hard to get past the ISP's location though, but if you have an area and a name, you can still likely find the person.

Even a screen name like "Shems" in a google search might give some leads...

[Tom]

They have programs that trace emails, my McAfee will trace an email.

[luke]

Someone created a new email id and sent messages to some of my contact list. How is this possible? Can anyone hack into a gmail or yahoo account just by having the email address but no password????

Assist please.

[AboveTheLogic]

yeah absolutely

if someone knows enough about you, they can get into your email using the "forgot my password" link

especially if they have access to your computer

if you are having problems, change all your passwords for everything you have right now, and dont reuse any of your old passwords

[aziernest]

Another thing which recently began by google & yahoo is domainkey status that confirm that if the email has been sent by using authorized username & password.

[evan6330]

Hello from a newbe, I have learned so much in a couple of days here. here comes my first posting, and is a question to the experts. If I send a mail with yahoo, (that as I learned here will reveal my IP to the recipient), if I connect to the internet through s proxy showing a different IP on the browser's network preference, which IP Yahoo will show to the recipient? The real one, or the one I'm connected? Thanks in advance.

[AboveTheLogic]

That's a good question!

We'll have to test it to find out.

[evan6330]

Originally Posted by AboveTheLogic

That's a good question!

We'll have to test it to find out.

Well, here is what I found:
With a transparent anonymous proxy Yahoo will work. It will show the proxy IP numbers, but putting the headers in the trace mail will reveal that the headers are not valid. As for a highly anonymous proxy you won't be able not even to send a mail and hard to access your accounts. With a little patience you can access Yahoo home page in the country where the proxy IP is located (Canada in my case) but no sign in permitted. As for gmail or hotmail you won't even have access to their home page. It seems to me that if they can't recognize your server as is the original or suspicion of substitution your out! Any one else can try? Any work around? Thanks