First, I want to thank you for putting very informative information on the web.
I have a question about tracing the origin of an email. I think someone has been email me from a yahoo.com address but, when he is online at work not his home personal computer. Can I still trace this information? Would I need to get help from the company to find this out or can I determine this on my own. Also, what specifically will I have to look for in orde to figure this out? Thanks for the help!
Best Wishes,
James Hill
Posted by: James Hill at May 18, 2005 8:01 AM
The example of hotmail I sent to myself above is a good example. The information of explicitly where I'm located (i.e. the IP address of my machine) was never part of it.) I believe you would need to get yahoo or hotmail involved to find out more. They'll probably need things like a court order, if they even CAN get the info.
Posted by: Leo at May 18, 2005 10:04 PM
I have received an email from someone who logged into my email adress and posted a message I would like to know if you can trace where they are emailing from.
I guess I'm not computer literate enough to decipher all that. What I want to know is simple...if my boyfriend says he's in London and I get a yahoo message that shows a time with PDT after it, does that mean he is actually emailing me from somewhere else?
Posted by: Bonnie at June 8, 2005 3:12 PM
If you mean Email message, it's likely it only means that the computer used was set to the Pacific Timezone. The computer could be anywhere.
Posted by: Leo at June 8, 2005 9:46 PM
hi, i was wondering, if someone can know my name or personal information i keep in my email, because i have some things in my credit balance that i dont even know who made. Is it hacking? my cousin told me that these guys can get into my pc if i dont have a Firewall, so he reccomended th norton antivirus, but i dont know if it right.
Thank You and waiting for your answer.
Brandon P.
I can trace some from hotmail but others I can't and yahoo I can't is there a program or website to pinpoint there street adress no matter how they sent the email like in the movies. This email came from 211 seseame st. at 12:00 pm sat. June 9th??? if so please help!
Posted by: John at June 30, 2005 3:37 PM
In most movies you'll note that it's the police doing it. That's what it takes ... the help of the ISP, usually at the request (or demand) of law-enforcement.
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Hi Leo,
First, I want to thank you for putting very informative information on the web.
I have a question about tracing the origin of an email. I think someone has been email me from a yahoo.com address but, when he is online at work not his home personal computer. Can I still trace this information? Would I need to get help from the company to find this out or can I determine this on my own. Also, what specifically will I have to look for in orde to figure this out? Thanks for the help!
Best Wishes,
James Hill
Posted by: James Hill at May 18, 2005 8:01 AMThe example of hotmail I sent to myself above is a good example. The information of explicitly where I'm located (i.e. the IP address of my machine) was never part of it.) I believe you would need to get yahoo or hotmail involved to find out more. They'll probably need things like a court order, if they even CAN get the info.
Posted by: Leo at May 18, 2005 10:04 PMI have received an email from someone who logged into my email adress and posted a message I would like to know if you can trace where they are emailing from.
Posted by: Miriam at May 29, 2005 11:17 AMUse the techniques outlined in the article you just commented on. You may also want to read this article as well: http://ask-leo.com/someones_sending_from_my_email_address_how_do_i_stop_them.html
Posted by: Leo at May 29, 2005 3:19 PMI guess I'm not computer literate enough to decipher all that. What I want to know is simple...if my boyfriend says he's in London and I get a yahoo message that shows a time with PDT after it, does that mean he is actually emailing me from somewhere else?
Posted by: Bonnie at June 8, 2005 3:12 PMIf you mean Email message, it's likely it only means that the computer used was set to the Pacific Timezone. The computer could be anywhere.
Posted by: Leo at June 8, 2005 9:46 PMhi, i was wondering, if someone can know my name or personal information i keep in my email, because i have some things in my credit balance that i dont even know who made. Is it hacking? my cousin told me that these guys can get into my pc if i dont have a Firewall, so he reccomended th norton antivirus, but i dont know if it right.
Posted by: Brandon P. at June 17, 2005 12:40 AMThank You and waiting for your answer.
Brandon P.
You should read this article: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_keep_my_computer_safe_on_the_internet.html
Posted by: Leo at June 17, 2005 8:39 AMI can trace some from hotmail but others I can't and yahoo I can't is there a program or website to pinpoint there street adress no matter how they sent the email like in the movies. This email came from 211 seseame st. at 12:00 pm sat. June 9th??? if so please help!
Posted by: John at June 30, 2005 3:37 PMIn most movies you'll note that it's the police doing it. That's what it takes ... the help of the ISP, usually at the request (or demand) of law-enforcement.
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