[Ilugc] ip address from mail sent using gmail
- From: binand@xxxxxxxxx (Binand Sethumadhavan)
- Date: Sat Sep 9 01:06:47 2006
On 08/09/06, Antano Solar John <solar345@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
when mails are sent using gmail , the x-originating ip is the ip address of
google .Looks like its relaying the mails through its own server.I was just
wondeirng if the original ip is encrypted and stored or not along with
header.
It is not. Google does not divulge the IP address of the sender.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=26903&topic=1560
There have been several skirmishes between Google and Spamhaus/Spamcop
because of this.
http://www.ironport.com/company/pp_marketwatch_03-27-2006.html
http://foo-projects.org/node/27
etc...
Personally speaking, I laud Google's position in this matter.
Binand
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