All email communications on the internet are
possible by two protocols:
1) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP port-25)
2) Post Office Protocol (POP port-110)
E-Mail hacking consists of various techniques as discussed
below.
1) EMail Tracing :-
Generally,
the path taken by an email while travelling from sender to
receiver
can be explained by following diagram.
The most effective and easiest way to trace an email
is to analyze it's email headers. This can be done by just viewing
the full
header of received email. A typical email header looks something
like
this:
The above email header gives us the following
information about it's origin and path:
a) Sender's email address :-
atiles@destatis.de
b) Source IP address :- 141.203.33.92
c) Source mail server :-
dsl-189-160-34-89.prod-infinitum.com.mx
d) Email client :- Thunderbird 2.0.0.6
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There are lots of ready-made tools available on the
internet which performs email tracing very effectively
and shows exact geographical location for email sender on
the world map. |
Recommended
Tools |
NeoTrace |
http://www.neotrace.com |
VisualRoute |
http://visualroute.visualware.com |
E-MailTracker |
http://www.visualware.com |