The email consist of the different components some are visible to us while some are not, the header is one of them and in this article, we are going to see how you can trace email source through headers
What is an email Header?
The email header is a fragment of code in an HTML email that carries information about the sender, receiver, email’s route to the inbox, and numerous authentication details. The email header always comes before the email body.
What are the functions of email headers?
- Providing details about the sender and the recipient
- Spam prevention
- figuring out how to send an email.
STEPS
1] Select and open the email you want to trace.
2] Open the email header, you can do that by clicking on the 3 dot menu and selecting the option as ‘show original’
You can read here in detail: How to Locate email header
3] Now copy the header and go to the website: IPlocation-traceEmail
4] Paste your header there and click on the search button!
5] Done! You will have your information.
email header can be used for a different purposes but more than anything it is helpful for email routing and verify the source
