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[both-teams-played-hard]

An IP address can be changed relatively easy.

[allstarsplus]

An IP address can be changed relatively easy.

Doesn't it show the originating area though which is what I am attempting to do?

[joelsabi]

Doesn't it show the originating area though which is what I am attempting to do?

Yes you can get the general vacinity of where the email is coming from. you cannot get the exact ip address of the computer if its behind a router or a network.

[allstarsplus]

Yes you can get the general vacinity of where the email is coming from. you cannot get the exact ip address of the computer if its behind a router or a network.

You guys are great! Rudy V. used to do this years ago where he pinpointed the general location of an IP Address.

Someone emailed me and sent me a program law enforcement uses and I tried it on myself and it is perfect, then I tried it on some banned members who have emailed me too.

[rj_lucas]

An IP address can be changed relatively easy.

Only by routing your connection through a proxy server. There are web-based and downloadable proxy tools, but they cost money and are largely unreliable.

The IP address assigned by your router and/or ISP cannot be changed. IP addresses can be 'spoofed' (faked), but there are methods to counter spoofing.

With either proxies or spoofing, there is time and/or expense involved. As I said in an earlier post, IP blocking is not foolproof, but it will filter out a lot of the casual troublemakers.

Andrew, I'll be out of town for the next week, but feel free to ping me after that and we can talk further.

Rick
rickjlucas@gmail.com

My company: lucasdesign.com