How can I trace where email came from?

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

Leo

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how can i see the full headers in a hotmail new live account?,, i tried view source on e-mail but this is not giving they full header like i used to be able to see on my old hotmail account,,can you help me please?

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That's this article:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_view_full_headers_in_windows_live_hotmail.html
be sure to read the update therein.

Leo

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the article was interesting, but didn't address the question, how to find who is sending scams spams and oopsy daisies!

So, we can't track down and drop a dime on 'em then how do i set up my computer/email to reject automatically, emails i don't want? without said emails ever getting to my inbox, or better still automatically send 'em back!!!

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You got it from Hotmail. The sender could be anywhere on the planet, there's no
way to know.

Thanks,

Leo

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Can someone (that I sent an e-mail to) hijack my IP address and send e-mails to make it "appear" that it came from my computer location?

thanks

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IP addresses cannot be hijacked.

Email headers can be forged, however, to make it look like it came from your
email address. They can try to make it look like it came from your IP address,
but that kind of spoofing is detectible.

Leo

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I am receiviing spamed email from another company but the email address in the to box is not mine. How do I get these when it's not my email?

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You were probably BCC'ed.

Leo

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How do you determine if an e-mail that you receive has been BCC'd to another person?

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