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Question

E-mail question

Jul 13, 2012 2:59PM PDT

I use G-mail webmail. I do speak back and forth with many individuals and businesses via my e-mail account. I notice that G-mail (on-occassion) replaces my IP address with their companies when I use their webmail, however, in the headers when you trace it, it reveals the location, name, ISP provider, and more personal information.

How am I able to completely block my personal information from being revealed in the headers of all the e-mails that I send?

Thank you

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You can't
Jul 13, 2012 3:10PM PDT

You can't, that's basically the long and short of it.

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You can't
Jul 14, 2012 1:23AM PDT

And in the next version of email, even more tracing will be done. If you don't want to be traced, move back to the old methods of public pay phones and paper mail from public boxes.
Bob