How to trace original ip address of email sender?

[skorpinok]

Hi, i would like to know how to trace a IP Address of a email sender like gmail or yahoo? if i trace ip using headers in mail it locates to gmail or yahoo mail server, but how can i get real ip from where mail originated ? plz let me know if you have any idea, great thanks.

[redwudz]

You really can't. Any email IP search will go back to the email provider, in your case Yahoo or Gmail. If the person has a real IP address, you would need a government court order against the email provider and that is only done for criminal complaints. And even then, your local government may not be able to obtain the real IP addresses, depending on the countries and international laws.