Many people are still
completely unknown that sending an email to any person can disclose more
information about them than they may wish to disclose. I hope you are being
surprise to know this and want to ask a question here –
How???
Let me answer this question,
Answer is - Whenever you send an email message to someone, few unwanted
information goes along with your message which is called header information. Header
information can commonly disclose unwished information to recipients such as
your IP address, which can be easily used by the recipients to find out your
normal location and various private things about you.
According to Ghacks.net, if you use Gmail then
you may notice one thing that your IP address is not included in header
information if you simply use the web services, but your IP address is included
if you use a third party app or programme.”
Since, most of the people use
various third party apps and services so it’s very important to know that your
email provider is leaking your IP address or not.
How to find out If Your
Outgoing Email Messages Leak Your IP Address
An online service is available
to find out your email provider is leaking your IP address or not to recipients,
which is called Email Leak Test. This service is completely free and very easy
to use. Here’s how;
1. Firstly, go to Email Leak Test tool.
2. Click on “Start” Button on the
homepage.
3. An Email Address you will be
able to see as shown below. You have to send a blank email to the listed email address.
No need to add subject and body.
4. Now, wait for few minutes.
As Email Leak Test will receive your message, the page will be automatically
updated with your results. For the example screenshot of both results are shown below.
- When your email provider is leaking your IP address you will see result like:
- When your email provider is not leaking your IP address you will see result like:
Thus you can easily know that
your email provider is leaking your IP address or not. If leaking then you may change
your email providers to protect your header information.
Note: The Email Leak Test’s
privacy policy says that it does not keep any type of user information and the
information is renounced instantly after any results pages are built.
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