E-mail, chat, & VoIP : Location of e-mail sender
Location of e-mail sender
by sfpdiaspora - 3/30/05 9:56 AMFound an interesting product:
www.locationmail.com
anyone try this? It tells you where an e-mail was sent from, I assume by doing a lookup on the originating IP?
Don't get ripped off.
by R. Proffitt
- 3/30/05 10:01 AM
In reply to: Location of e-mail sender by sfpdiaspora
I will not debate or tell why such can't work all the time.
If you want to part with money for a good reason, donate to your local food bank.
Bob
actually, pretty good...
by sfpdiaspora - 4/2/05 10:29 AM In reply to: Don't get ripped off. by R. Proffitt
Bob,
Actually, the product is pretty good---I can say this because I have now tried it. Obviously it is not 100% and the publisher acknowledges that, but there's a whole commercial business around geolocation (like how Google targets ads by location from IP address) and the product uses the same data that Microsoft, Google, et al use.
Mike
Just a money machine.
by R. Proffitt - 4/2/05 11:11 AM
In reply to: actually, pretty good... by sfpdiaspora
Over 1/2 the people who asked for this were trying to determine where the SPAM came from. As spammers purposely spoof such information, this product fails some 99% of the time for finding such information.
As such, be sure you know what you want the product for.
My view on this software is this -> "A waste of time and money."
Bob
not my usage
by sfpdiaspora - 4/2/05 9:54 PM In reply to: Just a money machine. by R. Proffitt
I am lucky in that my anti-spam software is so good, I don't get any spam.
I wanted this to tell where clients are writing from, and for that, it's really quite good.
Where did you get that "1/2" statistic from?
Mike
Worse that 1/2.
by R. Proffitt - 4/3/05 7:59 AM
In reply to: not my usage by sfpdiaspora
The usage model was for persons trying to find out where the spam comes from. Reports (your research) shows SPAM is now over 90% of the email traveling the internet. Since SPAMMERS spoof about 90% of their email, your internet location software has about a 81% chance of failure from the onset.
This is not a worthwhile piece of software and for those that tried it, failed miserably.
Bob
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