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AffiliateDreamer

8:42 pm on Mar 13, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Hi,

Can I figure out what the originating IP address is from someone who sends me an email from gmail or is that hidden somehow?

bill

2:50 am on Mar 14, 2007 (gmt 0)

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You want the Gmail account holder's IP address? I'm afraid that information isn't passed in e-mail headers. All you'll see are the Gmail server's IPs.

AffiliateDreamer

3:06 am on Mar 14, 2007 (gmt 0)

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Yes that is what i'm looking for.

I know with hotmail you can get the senders IP, along with 99% of other emails I seem to recieve.

Since google is behind what information you see and don't see I can see how they do it technically, is it possible to do that with my own email server? If so, what is that privacy type feature called?

bill

4:06 am on Mar 14, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I forgot about that feature in Hotmail. I don't see that in Gmail headers. I can understand why they'd add something like that, but it takes a bit of anonymity out of the service.

X-Originating-IP: [000.000.00.000]
X-Originating-Email: [bill@hotmail.com]