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ManiacJoe

(10,137 posts)
7. Nothing special needed with email.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 02:24 PM
Jan 2012

Email messages contain everything within the message headers, including the source machine and every server it traveled through.

Whether or not your email reader will show you that data is a difference story, but it is all there.

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To Ip web track, or not. [View all] The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 OP
If you just want IP addresses... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #1
Oh dear. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #2
Whomever is hosting your website... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #3
Thanks so much ChromeFoundry! The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #6
The web servers CAN log that info and lots of other stuff. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #4
Just want an insurance card. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #5
Nothing special needed with email. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #7
Back in the day when there was deja vu, The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #9
For Emails, you can do some of your own forensics... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #8
Thanks CF! The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #10
I personally like them DaveJ Jan 2012 #11
I've slowly grown to accept the fact that internet tracking is real and is here. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #12
Hmm... I guess it depends on your audience then DaveJ Jan 2012 #13
A thousand hits a day. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #14
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