Gmail

[gre87y]

Hello, does Gmail shield your IP address? Hotmail will show my IP address, I would like this to be hidden sometimes that's why I wonder if Gmail does this. Thanks

[gre87y]

Let me rephrase my question. I have 100 gmail invites I want to give away, since gmail seems to go through a proxy server (I think) would my Ip address be kept private from the people I'm sending invites to?

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "would my Ip address be kept private" }-

-{ Quote: "
While there's no privacy for non-Gmail users who receive mail from a Gmail account and might want to reply, there is too much privacy for those who use Gmail to send spammy, abusive, or threatening messages. Unlike Hotmail, Yahoo mail, and most other web mail services, Gmail does not show the originating IP address in the header. This means that system administrators who are trying to stop abuse cannot identify a Gmail abuser without asking Google for assistance. And normal users, assuming they can read headers, cannot check the identity of someone sending from Gmail. (With an IP address, you can at least do a quick check on the country or city of origin by looking it up at dnsstuff.com or some similiar service.) Since Google always seems to be too busy making billions to bother with complaints, many decide it's easier to just say "no" to all Gmail." }-


Google-Watch.org (http://www.google-watch.org/gmail.html)

[gre87y]

Thank you very much Ron.

[ronjor]

You are welcome. :)