How to Find Your Email Sender IP Address

To find the IP address of the server that sent an email, use your email client's "view source" (view source / show original) feature. In the Received: lines in the email headers, you can find the sender's IP address.

Microsoft Outlook (Desktop)

1. Open the email you want to query, or double-click to open it in a separate window.
2. Click the File menu, then select Properties.
3. Find the "Message headers" (Internet Headers) section in the window that opens.
4. In lines starting with Received: from, you can find the IP address inside square brackets.

Gmail (Web)

1. Open the relevant email.
2. Click the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the email.
3. Click the "Show original" option.
4. In the raw text that opens in a new tab, search for Received: from lines.

Hotmail / Outlook.com (Web)

1. Open the relevant email.
2. Click the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the email.
3. Select the "View message source" option.
4. Find the Received: lines in the window that opens and note the sending server's IP address.