How do I trace where or who an email came from? I got an email from someone and I think it may actually be someone else.

Can you be more specific? Looking at it simplistically: You can trace what IP address/ISP it came from. To do this, look at the e-mail headers, look at the IP address from where it came and go to www.arin.net to see where the mail originated (the ISP). You can trace it back to the IP address/ISP or maybe even a company, but you cannot trace it to a specific host unless you have subpoena powers. Miguel Fra / Falcon IT Services Computer & Network Support, Miami, FL Visit our Knowledgebase and Support Sharepoint Site

You can use Message Tracking. What is the exchange server you are using? Gulab | MCITP: Exchange 2010-2007 | Skype: Gulab.Mallah | Blog: www.ExchangeRanger.Blogspot.com

Yes, you can use mesage tracking to check detail about mail. You can see below URL for respective server tracking information. Exchnage 2007/2010 message tracking: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/exchange-2007-message-tracking-part1.html Exchnage 2003 message tracking: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Message-Tracking-Logging.html Anil MCC 2011,ITIL V3,MCSA 2003,MCTS 2010, My Blog : http://messagingschool.wordpress.com

Message tracking as people already suggested, but also the SMTP header give you information from which serves touched the mail on its way to your inbox. lasse at humandata dot se, http://anewmessagehasarrived.blogspot.com

thanks, it's all so confusing with all them ip numbers, but thanks for advising me, i now use full headers on my emails...best solution to this mess? i changed my id and got another email address! Hcg Free Trial

Hi, Agree with Gulab and Anil. You can use message tracking to check details of mails, such as client-ip, server-ip, source-context, connector-id and so on. ThanksPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.