How To Trace The IP Address Of An Email Sender In Outlook 2007

An IP address is a binary number that identifies computers and other devices on TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) network. All laptops, computer, smartphones, tablets use the TCP/IP protocol as the standard for how to communicate on the network. Every machine on a network has a unique IP network, which contains a source IP address and a destination IP address. An IP address can be private or public.

The Structure of an IP address: -

An IP address is a 32-bit numeric address that’s made up of four numeric components separated by dotted decimal format. Each number can be range from 0 to 255.

For example, IP address 192.160.120.130 is the 32 bit number and each digit of the IP address is equal to 8 bits. 192.160.120.0 is the network address and 0.0.0.130 is a host address.

The complete procedure to find the original IP address of an email sender in outlook 2007 is mentioned below: -

Step 1: - Open Microsoft Outlook by going to the start menu and then click on the Outlook icon.

Step 2: - In Microsoft Outlook click on Inbox folder.

Step 3: - Open the email by double click on it.

Step 4: - Now in the next window, click on little box with the small arrow in the bottom left corner in the Options menu.

Step 5: - Now the next window shows IP address of message under the Internet Headers section.

From the above discussion you know how to find the IP address of the sender.

Find the location of an IP address: -

You can track the location of IP addresses by different type of tracking tools such as http://tools.whois.net/whoisbyip/.

Step 1: - Open the tracking tool and put the IP address in the search box.

Step 2: - Now the next window shows all the information related to IP address location.