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eMailTrackerPro 2007 - Email Tracking Tool

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By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

eMailTrackerPro

eMailTrackerPro

Heinz Tschabitscher

The Bottom Line

eMailTrackerPro is an easy to use tool for analyzing email headers to disclose the original sender's (or spammer's) location. You can also send spam complaints correctly and easily with eMailTrackerPro.

Pros

  • eMailTrackerPro pinpoints routes of emails, their senders and spammers
  • Integration with Outlook, OE gives you easy access to geographic origin of mail in eMailTrackerPro
  • eMailTrackerPro lets you send spam complaints to the spammer's ISP comfortably

Cons

  • eMailTrackerPro does not display the origin ISP's abuse contact info (as per mail.abuse.org)
  • Using eMailTrackerPro can be a bit cumbersome

Description

  • eMailTrackerPro analyzes header lines, providing IP address of machine used to send the email.
  • You can see the geographic location of sender in eMailTrackerPro.
  • A plug-in for Microsoft Outlook provides easy access to eMailTrackerPro.
  • Outlook Express users input mail to eMailTrackerPro via drag-and-drop.
  • Email headers can also be copied and pasted from any email program.
  • You can send a spam complaint quickly and effortlessly right from eMailTrackerPro.
  • eMailTrackerPro supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/3/XP/Vista.

Guide Review - eMailTrackerPro 2007 - Email Tracking Tool

On the internet, the things you can do anonymously amount to — nothing. Nevertheless, spammers try to disguise their real identity and location. In vain.

A look at the email headers will, at least in most cases, reveal the whereabouts of the spammer, or at least who their Internet Service Provider is. Unfortunately, decoding these headers manually is cumbersome, boring and time-consuming. Fortunately, there is eMailTrackerPro.

Feed eMailTrackerPro with the headers, and it will analyze them to eventually present the sender's geographic location and either their or their ISP's IP address and contact information. Based on this analysis, eMailTrackerPro makes it easy and comfortable to send abuse reports to the ISPs providing the spammer with network access.

While generally accurate, these reports could be improved by looking up working complaint department addresses at abuse.net.

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