How to locate the Ip address of the sender in an email header?
I have found the IP address after studying how to read the email header, however when i tried to locate the IP address, the address is somewhere in New Jersey. Maybe im reading it wrong or maybe there is spam in my email header. Can someone please help me read this email header since its very important for me to find the sender of the email
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Federal law strictly limits the information that online service providers like Yahoo! may disclose about their users. However, the email message itself contains some information relating to the sender’s identity. In the headers of email messages sent via Yahoo! Mail, an Internet Protocol (IP) address that corresponds to the sender’s Internet service provider (ISP) is included.
To view a full header, click Full Headers in the lower-right corner of the page. This displays the header information at the top of that message. See it? It’s got tons of computer gobbledygook, but it also has some information you can use.
You should be able to find a line that contains an 8 to 12 digit number, separated by periods. It might look something like this:
Received: from [123.456.78.91] by…
The “123.456.78.91″ represents the unique IP address of the sender’s ISP. Once you identify the IP address, you can run a “whois” search to determine which ISP provides this person with Internet access. If there’s more than one Received: line, read them from top to bottom (the topmost is the most recent.)
There are several utilities available on the web to run a whois search. Here’s one web site that can help you to determine which service provider is responsible for the IP address.
If the spam or abusive email is being sent from a Yahoo! Mail account and you are not using Yahoo! Mail, please forward an unedited copy of the message with full headers here.
We’ll evaluate the situation and take action per our Terms of Service. Spamming from a Yahoo! Mail account is not acceptable.
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