GMAIL SMTP

I tried connecting to the GMail SMTP server directly to send mail.
I was able to send the email but the headers revealed my IP.

Maybe using the web interface keeps you anonymous.
Ill check this and let you know.

Regards,

Diwakar Goel

wrote:
>
> Hi
> I guess i had already said about it. There is nothing like forging
here. The
> mail that originates from gmail doesnt contain the real ip. all it
contains
> it the IP of the mail server from which the mail was sent. There
seems to be
> some difference between mails sent from other servers and gmail servers.
> As far as i can guess it goes like this
>
> All other servers uses SMTP servers directly to send the mail. The
> connection goes like this.
> You connect to the smtp server and smtp server then forwards the
message.
> In case of Gmail the things seems to be different. It seems to be
like this
> You connect to Gmail server. That server takes mail from you on the
server.
> It then checks the essential fields like mailto: and so on and then
sends it
> to the SMTP it uses. So the connection between SMTP and the sender
is more
> of an internal one.
>
> There is one more possiblity that i can think of. In fact it might even
> change the IP address and replace it with some internal address before
> sending the mail.
>
> Just few more days and one will be able to find out as to what is
happening.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Boonlia Prince Komal
> On 2/3/07, madanmohan2007 wrote:
> >
> > hello sir and all,
> > this is madan frm nagpur.
> > i got an email on 31 jan.
> > following was the mail:-
> > ============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ====
> > from (unknown sender) <>
> > date Jan 31, 2007 3:55 PM
> >
> > following is the header:-
> >
> > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> >
> > Delivered-To: mmmishra@...
> > Received: by 10.64.242.1 with SMTP id p1cs6708qbh;
> > Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:25:03 -0800 (PST)
> > Received: by 10.70.125.11 with SMTP id x11mr1200968wxc. 1170239103127;
> > Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:25:03 -0800 (PST)
> > Return-Path: >
> > Received: from ppp85-141-199- 191.pppoe. mtu-net.ru (ppp85-141-199- 191.
> > pppoe.mtu-net. ru [85.141.199. 191])
> > by mx.google.com with SMTP id h14si1054348wxd. 2007.01.31. 02.
> > 24.34;
> > Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:25:03 -0800 (PST)
> > Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 85.141.199.191 is neither permitted
> > nor denied by best guess record for domain of oggixgbmurstg@ happi-uk.
> > com)
> > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:25:03 -0800 (PST)
> > Message-Id:
<45c06e7f.0ffd7c30. 0e30.0491SMTPIN_ ADDED@... <45c06e7f. 0ffd7c30. 0e30.0491SMTPIN_ ADDED%40mx. google.com>
> > >
> > Received: from color (69.44.117.66) by rly2.hammer. belief.fixed. round.
> > home.ne.jp (InterMail vN.3.85.54.25 58-32-1-19-7- 50286390) with ESMTP
> > id <64357347658. EBZEL9403. y[4
> >
> > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> >
> > please help me verify n trace this e-mail, and also, i believe this is
> > the best type of forging i had seen, and please guide me how could i
> > too do this type of forging. i am very much impressed by this mail.
> > please help at the earliest.
> >
> >
> >
>