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Old 08-16-2002, 11:07 AM   #7
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Using an IP address to find a person's location is a very trivial matter. Using a program like Ping Plotter lists every hop between you and the target IP, so not only can you find out where a person is generally located, but what is between you and them.

That is why spammers use tricks to hide IP addresses in their mail headers. Looking at the IP addresses in an e-mail header will go a long way in telling you where an e-mail came from.
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