can you tell where an email originated from
The actual IP address that originated an email is buried in a part of the email called the âheaderâ. The header is not normally displayed and the method for opening it varies from one email client to the next.Here's where to find the ways to open the header and find the IP address that actually originated the email.s I wrote in a previous tip, How to Find Out Where an Internet IP Address Comes From : An actual example is the email that I received purporting to be a notice from the United States Post Office. It originated in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is clearly not a place with a US post office.