Is there anyway to track what route an e-mail took to get to you?

[Accipiter22]

If I got an email on yahoo and wanted to see if the person sending it was really in the city they claim they are, is there any way to track it. I'm using outlook to view the piece of mail

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Dunno...drag the email into a folder/desktop, open with notepad, look up IP

 

[Accipiter22]

Received: from web14512.mail.yahoo.com (216.136.227.51)

dunno what to do with that now...

 

[ironcrotch]

run a trace?

 

[Accipiter22]

run a trace with the address I just got? I'm not sure what to use.....I'm generally new to this stuff

 

[jarfykk]

Last stop that resolved was in/around St. Louis, MO.

http://www.geobytes.com/TraceRouteLocator.htm

Fun, if not 100% accurate tool. Works well enough for me though.

 

[Kelemvor]

According to all the TV shows you should be able to figure that out really easily. Even get back to exactly what computer in what random cafe in what random country. Just gotta run the right program. heh.

 

[yllus]

The route over the Internet your e-mail took should be contained in the headers. Cross-reference that information to http://www.whois.sc and you'll have what you need.

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: jarfykk
Last stop that resolved was in/around St. Louis, MO.

http://www.geobytes.com/TraceRouteLocator.htm

Fun, if not 100% accurate tool. Works well enough for me though.

WTF, just traced an email I got from Hamburg/ Germany. And it came to me THROUGHT HOUSTON TEXAS??? What the... are you guys spying on my emails??? :Q