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marcodemarco
February 17th, 2009, 12:11 PM
If i get an email can i tell if the person used a proxy server?
jonw
February 19th, 2009, 08:03 AM
Well it depends on if the persons email will pass there ip through the headers.
Nebulus
February 19th, 2009, 09:56 AM
-{ Quote: "If i get an email can i tell if the person used a proxy server?" }-
Depends on the situation. If that person live in UK and you see a china IP in the headers, you might suspect a proxy use. Usually, a determined user can detect if you used a proxy.
marcodemarco
February 19th, 2009, 10:14 AM
-{ Quote: "Depends on the situation. If that person live in UK and you see a china IP in the headers, you might suspect a proxy use. Usually, a determined user can detect if you used a proxy." }-Are headers the only way?
jonw
February 19th, 2009, 09:53 PM
Yea unless I guess you have your own private email server setup but as far as I no that's it.Like Nebulus said the only way you can really tell if there using a proxy is if they live in say UK and there email is comming from China, oh yea almost forgot I think some sites keep a data base of suspected proxy ip's but this is not 100% and some of the suspected proxy ip's can be false positives.