How can I trace where email came from?

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question. I have been typing with a man that said that he is from california but has traveled to the UK. But when he sends his e-mail through Yahoo the time stamp on it shows (PDT) does that mean that he is in the PDT time zone when he sent it and not actually traveling in the UK? Please this information will tell me if this man is not being honest with me. He wants to meet me and I need to find out if this is a scam. Thank you so much.

correction. I went back to look again. Each time that he has sent an email to me and I to him it is stamped -0700. I wanted to know is it possible to find out what time it is where he is sending the email from. The time stamps all say -0700 and he originally was supposed to be sending them to me and I am two hours earlier than I. But now he should be 6 hours ahead of me. This would not be an issue if I was not concerned that this person is not whom he said he is, or where he is. Thank you

-700 is pacific time right now. But it's quite possible to set your computer to whatever time zone you like, so that doesn't really provide any proof.

Leo, I might come across like a broken record, Ive been getting distrubing messages left on a web page of mine, Now all I have is an Ip address. Can it be tracked to more then just finding out city/state/isp? If so can you tell me how PLEASE... Thank You!!!

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/can_i_get_someones_name_and_address_from_their_ip_address.html

is it possible to find out whre an email is read from?
just as we are able to get a confirmation message when the recipient reads our mail sent to them, is it possible to find out the IP address from where that mail is being accessed by the person?

No, not that I'm aware of. And for the record, read-receipts - the confirmation you speak of - is 90% ineffective as well. Most people disable them.

I am researching/tracing emails I am receiving from a hotmail account. In the bottom most "recieved" I get an IP that matches with the IP listed in the "X-Originating IP"

My question stems from another email from this hotmail account. Again, the IP in the bottom most "recieved" matches the "X-Originating IP" however there is a SECOND "X-Originating IP" listed after the first which gives me a completely different IP.

What is this second mysterious "X-Originating-IP"???

It could be many things. In fact the either of them could be the IP address of the computer that originated, or forwarded the message - or they could be random crap inserted to make the mail "look" legitimate, or to obfuscate the real sender.

Someone broke into my sister-in-law's hotmail email account and is now sending very discreminating emails to her relatives and friends using her email address. Is there a way to find out the physical address that the person who has stolen the account is sending them from? They are saying that she is using drugs, abusing her kids, etc. and I am trying to contact her but the only way is through her email account. Please advise. thank you - Teri

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