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By Bradley Mitchell, About.com Guide to Wireless / Networking since 1999

Identify the IP Address of Email Senders

Thursday December 29, 2005
| Reference | Internet emails are designed to carry the IP address of the computer from which the email was sent. This IP address is stored in an email header delivered to the recipient along with the message. This is a useful tidbit of information when trying to track down and report a spammer, but it is also potentially bad for your own privacy. For several reasons, finding IP addresses in email headers can be a challenge.
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April 1, 2009 at 4:42 am
(1) AGT says:

Was not helped AT ALL in identifying email sender!!!

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