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# 8. Email Footprinting

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Email Footprinting
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## 1. Gather Information about a Target by Tracing Emails using eMailTrackerPro

Windows tool to analyze headers also provide other options like when email was opened by recipient.

{% embed url="<https://emailtracker.website/pro>" %}

1. To trace email headers, click the **My Trace Reports** icon from the **View** section. (here, you will see the output report of the traced email header).
2. Click the **Trace Headers** icon from the **New Email Trace** section to start the trace.

   ![Screenshot](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/screens/bl0xi20v.jpg)
3. A pop-up window will appear; select **Trace an email I have received**. Copy the email header from the suspicious email you wish to trace and paste it in the **Email headers**: field under **Enter Details** section.

   ![Screenshot](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/screens/aho4lfnd.jpg)
4. For finding email headers, open any web browser and log in to any email account of your choice; from the email inbox, open the message you would like to view headers for.

   > In **Gmail**, find the email header by following the steps:
   >
   > * Open an email; click the dots (**More**) icon arrow next to the **Reply** icon at the top-right corner of the message pane.
   > * Select **Show original** from the list.
   > * The **Original Message** window appears in a new browser tab with all the details about the email, including the email header

   ![st10.jpg](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/instructions255472/st10.jpg)

   > In **Outlook**, find the email header by following the steps:
   >
   > * Double-click the email to open it in a new window
   > * Click the **… (More actions)** icon present at the right of the message-pane to open message options
   > * From the options, click **View**
   > * The **view message source** window appears with all the details about the email, including the email header

   ![mail2.jpg](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/instructions255472/mail2.jpg)
5. Copy the entire email header text and paste it into the **Email headers**: field of eMailTrackerPro, and click **Trace**.

   > Here, we are analyzing the email header from gmail account. However, you can also analyze the email header from outlook account.

   ![mail3.jpg](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/instructions255472/mail3.jpg)
6. The **My Trace Reports** window opens.
7. The email location will be traced in a **Map** (world map GUI). You can also view the summary by selecting **Email Summary** on the right-hand side of the window. The **Table** section right below the Map shows the entire hop in the route, with the **IP** and suspected locations for each hop.

   ![13.jpg](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/instructions255472/13.jpg)
8. To examine the Network Whois data, click the **Network Whois** button below **Email Summary** to view the Network Whois data.

   ![st14.jpg](https://labondemand.blob.core.windows.net/content/lab168795/instructions255472/st14.jpg)

## <mark style="color:red;">Track an email or a message.</mark>

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Whenever someone clicks the link, we get the data about the target.

## <mark style="color:red;">Track your email and know when it gets opened</mark>

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## **Other Email Tracking tools**

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{% embed url="<https://mxtoolbox.com/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://socialcatfish.com/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.ip2location.com/>" %}

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