If the sender is a spammer, or otherwise technically astute, he can
insert fake 'Received' headers which tend to disguise the true origin.
In that case, one would have to be adept at distinguishing fake
headers from genuine ones.
--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Look at the Message Source (Ctrl-F3). The bottom most Received line is
> inserted by the SMTP mail server that first got the message. It should
> indicate the IP address of the PC that sent the message.
>
> But there are limitations. If the sending PC is on a dial-up connection
> the IP address changes each time the PC connects to its ISP. If the PC is
> on a LAN and the SMTP mail server is not on the same LAN, the IP address
> that it sees may not be directly relatable to a PC.
>
> --
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> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
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> "Tim" <Tim@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I want to confirm which computer is sending an email by checking against
>> ip
>> address.
>>
>> If there a way ?
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