[dba-Tech] tracing origination of E-mails

I'm trying to determine if two e-mail accounts are really the same person.

Susan H.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] tracing origination of E-mails


> Possibly.
>
> It depends on how the  originator(s) are set up - if they are using an 
> in-house mail server
> and/or a router, you may only be able to track it back to the first point 
> at which they hit the
> internet. Here's the first off your headers:
>
> Received: from SusanOne (host-199-001-134-047.dhcp.fewpb.net 
> [199.1.134.47])
> by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm1562508ywl.15.2008.12.05.19.12.05
> (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:12:06 -0800 (PST)
>
> 199.1.134.47 has been assigned to either your router or your PC by 
> fewpb.net (depending on
> exactly how you connect to the internet.
>
> If the messages in question  are coming through a corporate mail server, 
> they may come
> from different machines on the same Intranet without you being able to 
> tell.  A lot depends on
> what the server is.
>
> Email me off-list with further details if you want more assistance with 
> this.
>
> -- 
> Stuart
>
>
> On 5 Dec 2008 at 22:12, Susan Harkins wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to tell if two different E-mail accounts are coming from 
>> the
>> same computer -- just from their headers?
>>
>> Susan H.
>>
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