eMailTrackerPro analyzes email headers to report a message's sending IP address, estimated location, and related network and domain details. An Outlook toolbar button starts a trace from within Outlook; messages from other clients can be analyzed by pasting their headers. Location data, misdirection checks, and WHOIS lookups can help assess suspicious mail and prepare abuse reports. Advanced Edition adds a server-side mail checker.
| Author: | Visualware Inc |
| License: | Trialware |
| Price: | $29.95 |
| Released: | Sep 12, 2013 |
| File size: | 4.60 MB |
| Downloads: | 448 |
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| Author URL: | http://www.visualware.com/ |
eMailTrackerPro is an email header analysis tool for people who need to investigate where a message came from, check sender details or prepare an abuse report. It examines routing information in an email header to identify the sending IP address and show related network and domain data. The results can help assess a message's origin, but an IP address or estimated location is a clue rather than proof of a sender's identity.
For messages opened in Microsoft Outlook, an integration adds a tracing button to the Outlook toolbar, allowing the message to be sent for analysis from within the mail program. With other email clients, users can copy the message's header information and paste it into eMailTrackerPro. The header contains technical details about how the message was routed; the tool uses those details to produce a trace report without requiring a dedicated integration for every mail program.
The report can include an estimated country or region, along with network and domain information. A built-in location database helps put the reported IP address in geographic context, while WHOIS lookups provide registration and contact details that may be useful when reporting suspected abuse. The program also checks for signs of misdirection, where routing details may be used to make a message appear to come from somewhere other than its actual source. Such findings can support an investigation, though they cannot guarantee that a message is genuine or identify the person who sent it.
These tools are suited to reviewing suspicious messages, investigating unwanted email and gathering technical details before contacting a network operator or domain contact. Administrators and individual users can use the trace results to compare sender claims with routing information and decide whether a message warrants further attention. The analysis is focused on email origin and reporting; it is not a general-purpose antivirus or a replacement for spam filtering.
The Advanced Edition also includes an online mail checker that examines messages waiting on the mail server before they are downloaded to the computer. It can show origin and misdirection information so users can identify and remove unwanted or suspicious messages before delivery. eMailTrackerPro is trialware and was made for Windows, with support listed through Windows 10. Email routing can be complex, and results depend on the headers available and the information recorded by networks and domain registries.