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| eMailTrackerPro Glossary Hop Each time that an IP Packet moves one step through the Internet, that is considered a hop. IP An IP address is just four numbers, each in the range of 0 to 255, separated by periods. For example, 161.58.180.113 is the IP Address of our VisualRoute server. An IP Address is like a postal address that identifies a building. Location This is the location of the machine registered to the IP based on the node name. For IP's that do not have a location it means they are probably privatley owned and do not give a clue as to their location. IP Packet A piece of information (such as part of a web page) with 'to' and 'from' IP Address and Port Number information, and other miscellaneous information, such as TTL , etc. Misdirection Spammers and fraudsters commonly modify or add bogus information to the email header in an attempt to hide their identify, a technique known as ‘misdirection'. To combat this, eMailTrackerPro performs a number of validation tests to weed out the misdirected information from the real information and find the real location of the spammer. When misdirection is detected a notification is provided in the analysis report. An important aspect of misdirection is that it normally denotes illegal activity, the process of modifying a message to hide the true source most often used by spammers, scammers and fraudsters. |