Re: OT: IP of the originating machine from a gmail email

[Ajay Agrawal <ac_agrawal () yahoo com>]

I am also of same view gmail do not give IP details in
Internet header information
--- krymson () gmail com wrote:

> I've always wanted to get around to testing this
> with Gmail, but I've seen Hotmail and Yahoo leak the
> originating IP in the past (not sure if it still
> does). Here's my testing:
>
> 1) Send an email from your gmail account to some
> other account you control. Use the web interface
> when composing the email. Check the headers when you
> get it. I don't expect this to show anything except
> Gmail's server IP.
>
> 2) Send an email from your gmail account to some
> other account you control. Use a fat email client
> (Outlook, Eudora...) to compose the message and
> connect to Gmail to send it. With other services,
> this sometimes leaks the IP of the sender in the
> header info.
>
>
> Or ask Google if you have a legal reason.
>
> You could also be a bit more active. Reply to the
> Gmail account you want to probe, but include an
> embedded image hosted on some remote server. When
> the mail message is viewed, most people should still
> auto-load images and you'll see the originating IP
> in your logs. This is not foolproof; you need a web
> server, need them to check from an identifying
> location, need them to view images, and so on. This
> should work better if you Google the email address
> and try to appeal to the interests of the user based
> on the resulting research...
>
>
>
> <- snip ->
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if there is a way to get the IP
> address of the machine
> that was used to compose an email that was sent
> using gmail?
>
> saqib
> http://www.quantumcrypto.de/dante/


Thanks and best regards,

Ajay Agrawal 
+91 9886083116 

EnCE (EnCase Certified Computer Forensic Examiner) 
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
IBM Certified System Administrator Lotus Notes/Domino 6/6.5
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)



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