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if we knw the email addree(hotmail) can we find out the ip addressof the account and the actual computer tht has been used to create the account??? i really need to find out abt this as one of my friend has been threatened by someone!!! plz.. thank you!!!!!
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Nope. If you're being harassed, contact the authorities.
Leo
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Hi, i belive that this info is wrong, you can find out the ip, the ip can tell you the location of the computer. and if it is from a library you could check the time you got the mail and hope that the library can tell you who sat at the computer at that time. in some librarys (in swe) you have to tell those who work there your name before you sit down at a computer.
-Leo
As I've said over and over and over again, unless you are the police with a court order an IP address will NOT tell you the physical location of a computer.
-Leo
There's actually a way to find the location of a computer based on Ip address, for free, without being an authority or acquiring a court order, getting at least where the computer is connecting to (which ISP and where in the world it is) by going to http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp and putting the IP address that you got from the email header (which should be viewed in full details).
Specifically, ip2location above is 15 miles wrong for my IP address. In a populated area that narrows my location down to one of a few hundred thousand households.
-Leo
I tried this. Said I was in Germantown, Maryland, -I'm in Illinois. But, it did get my provider right.
Posted by: JL at September 4, 2008 12:27 PMI just found out that my husband was cheating. How can I find out if he has e-mail addresses that I don't know about (example, Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, etc.)? For some reason I think this person and him are still in contact, but I need to prove it first. I really hope that you can help me. I just need to find somehow that I can search by whatever means to see if there's any e-mail addresses out these established with the same info.
IMO, your only real hope is if your husband is using a computer you have access to, in which case you could take it to someone who's good at computer forensics to see if he's left traces on it. Naturally this'd probably cost money.
-Leo
I know what the IP address for my personal computer is. There seems to have been a hotmail account created in my name. Can I find out what computer it was created on? I want to know if it is connected to my personal computer.
09-Dec-2008
FYI... IP addresses change all of the time. ISPs no longer honor static IP addresses to the general pop. The only thing that is truly static is your MAC address. Today your IP address could be one number, and tomorrow, it could be something totally different. Just FYI
Posted by: jawanzal at January 9, 2009 11:39 AMHey I was writing to find out about an add request I got and the emial address is
[email address removed]
I need to find out is this really a person or is it spam. I don't want to accept unless it is someone I know. Is there a way to find out if this is spam or not? thanks jen
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