您(Did)是否曾经收到过想要追踪以了解更多有关发件人的可疑电子邮件?尽管现代电子邮件服务确实具有许多内置的安全功能,但始终建议您检查此类可疑电子邮件的发件人。要跟踪发件人,我们需要提取电子邮件标题和一些关键信息。
什么是电子邮件标题
电子邮件(Email)主要由三个部分组成:
- 信封
- 身体
- 标题。
信封(Envelope)包含不向最终用户显示的内部路由详细信息。正文(Body)包含对最终用户可见的原始消息。标头(Header)是包含一些对用户可能并不重要但电子邮件服务器肯定需要的信息的部分。标头(Headers)包含发件人信息,例如发件人电子邮件、姓名、IP 地址、电子邮件客户端等等。除此之外,标头(Headers)还包含收件人的电子邮件、主题、抄送、时间戳等信息。
如何从电子邮件标题中提取信息(Email Headers)
您可以使用简单的在线工具从标题中提取信息。该工具由IPTrackerOnline.com提供给您。但在使用该工具之前,您需要从电子邮件中复制电子邮件标题。对于不同的电子邮件客户端,该过程略有不同。但您可以在此处按照本指南(this guide here)获取电子邮件客户端的说明。
例如,在上图中,我们从Outlook.com web-app 中的电子邮件复制了标题,如下所示。
登录(Log)您的帐户并打开您想了解详细信息的电子邮件。单击(Click)三点下拉按钮并选择“查看消息源(View Message Source)”。现在,等待源加载并复制显示的整个文本。虽然您可以直接阅读并从中理解,但最好使用此工具分析标题。
提示(TIP):您可以通过电子邮件跟踪器了解已发送的电子邮件是否已被读取(know if Sent Email is read or not with Email Tracker)。
跟踪发送电子邮件的 IP
现在导航到在线工具并将整个文本粘贴到那里。单击(Click)“分析”按钮并等待结果。
结果准备就绪后,您可以向下滚动以查看从标题中提取的信息。可能的原始 IP 地址列表为您提供原始 IP 地址及其在地图上的位置。您可以单击小信息按钮查看服务器的信誉分数以及有关它的其他一些详细信息。
除此之外,您还可以查看有关原始 IP 地址的时间戳、地理详细信息和组织详细信息。您可以进一步在 IP 上运行 whois 搜索,并了解有关服务器所有者的更多信息。
IP 地址(IP Address)是从标头跟踪电子邮件的基本要素。一旦你掌握了 IP 地址,你实际上可以追踪发件人。
这是从电子邮件(Email)标题中提取信息的方法。因此,下次当您的收件箱中有可疑电子邮件时,请务必使用IP 地址定位器(IP address locator)服务跟踪和验证发件人。
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Extract Email Headers & Track the IP from where the email was sent
Did yоu ever reсeive a suspicious email that yоu wanted to track down to know more about the sender? While thе modern email services do come with a lot of built-in security features, keepіng a cheсk on the sender of such suspicious email is always recоmmended. To track the sender, we need tо extract the email headerѕ and some crucial information.
What are Email Headers
An Email is primarily build up by three parts:
- Envelope
- Body
- Header.
The Envelope consists of the internal routing details that are not displayed to the end-user. The Body contains the original message that is visible to the end-user. The Header is that part which contains some information that may not be vital to a user but is definitely required by the email server. Headers contain sender information like sender email, name, IP address, email client and a lot more. Other than that, Headers also contain information like the receiver’s email, subject, CC, time stamps, etc.
How to extract information from Email Headers
You can use a simple online tool to take out information from the headers. The tool is brought to you by IPTrackerOnline.com. But before using the tool, you need to copy email headers from an email. The process is slightly different for different email clients. But you can follow this guide here to get instructions for your email client.
As an example, in the above image, we have copied the header from an email in Outlook.com web-app as follows.
Log in to your account and open the email you want to know the details of. Click the 3-dotted drop-down button and select ‘View Message Source’. Now, wait for the source to load and copy the entire text displayed. While you may be able to read it directly and make some sense out of it, it is better to analyze the header with this tool.
TIP: You can know if Sent Email is read or not with Email Tracker.
Track the IP from where the email was sent
Now navigate to the online tool and paste the entire text there. Click on the ‘Analyse’ button and wait for the results.
Once the results are ready, you can scroll down to see the information extracted from the headers. The list of probable originating IP addresses gives you the origin IP address and its location on the map. And you can click the small info button to see the reputation score of the server and some other details about it.
Other than that, you can view time stamps, geographical details and organizational details about the originating IP address. You can further run a whois search on the IP and know more about the owner of the server.
IP Address is the basic essence of tracking emails from their headers. Once you get hold of the IP address, you can practically track down the sender.
This is how to extract information from Email headers. So the next time you have a suspicious email in your inbox, make sure you track and verify the sender using IP address locator services.
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