How to Trace an Email Address?

Tracing an Email Address provides you with all the necessary information that can help you in revealing the geographic location of the sender. In the case you have received an anonymous email that doesn’t contain the real name of the sender then you can use an online tool for knowing about the sender’s real name and location. Usually, an email contains some information in its header such as IP address which is technically enough to find the sender.

In this article, we will be exploring how to trace an Email Address online by using some tools.

Email Headers are the piece of information that is attached to every email, whenever an email is sent some information in its header such as the time and date it was composed, the sender’s and your email address, the Subject of the email and some IP address of the network by which it has sent. To know this information of any particular email you have to go to the Original Message of the email.

By tracing an email address you can verify that email in many ways such as your security that the sender is verified or the email is a phishing attempt. You can ensure that the sender of the email is a real person or it is a spoofed email but the main task to trace an email is to find its source from which IP address it has been sent. By tracing an email you can maintain security in your account and can prevent phishing or spam attacks.

IP Addresses are the unique identities that are given to every device that is connected to the internet so that it can help to communicate and connect to the correct device. The IP address plays an important role in locating the devices or the messages such as emails, so the emails can be located by using their IP address. IP addresses are given within a range of networks which can be changed as you change your network.

Step 1: Open Email to be Traced

Open your Gmail account and locate the email that you want to trace, you just have to click on the email to open it.

Step 2: Click on Three Dots

After opening the email click on the “Three Dots” located at the right-side of the interface to open a drop-down menu.

Step 3: Select “Show Original”

When you click on the Three Dots then a drop-down menu will appear on the screen containing several options, among all the options select the “Show Original” button from the menu.

Step 4: Original Address Displayed >> Copy IP Address

Now all the details of the sender such as email ID, subject, and name will appear, also an IP address will appear in the SPF row. Simply copy the IP address to use it in the IP locater to trace the email.

Step 5: Visit the IP Address Locator Website

Many websites provide free IP tracing you can go through the IP locater websites by any of your web browsers to trace the IP address that you have copied.

Step 6: Enter IP Address >> Click on “Get IP Details”

When you open any IP locater website then you will be asked to enter the IP address to be located, you just have to enter the IP address and search for a button like “Get IP Details”. Eventually, the details will be displayed on the screen.

Step 7: Details Revealed

Once you enter the IP address in the box and press “Get IP Details” then all the necessary information about the sender will appear on the screen consisting of the Latitude and Longitude.

Tracing an email address is a good way of identifying the spam mails and the anonymous emails that are sent to spam you. Every email received has a bunch of information and an IP address in the header of the data packet or we can say the email so to trace any email address you need to know the IP first. After knowing the IP address of the email you can go through any of the IP locater websites that allow you to locate the person with the help of the IP address.

Can I Trace an Email address by using a Online Tool?

Yes, there are many online tools which are used for tracing the email by its header such as MX Toolbox, IP Tracker, Email header Analyzer.

Are there any condition in which I can’t trace the IP address?

There may be several conditions in which you will not be able to trace the IP of the sender:

1. If the sender is proxy server then the IP address you find will not be the real address of the sender
2. In the case sender is VPN then the address will not be the actual one.

Can I locate the Physical address of the sender?

The Geolocation is the actual and the physical address of the sender so yes you can find the physical address of the sender by using its IP address.