Check the owner of ip and host name
Receive a mail from ip and host from internet. How can I check the owner of the ip, I'd like to check if it is fake mail.
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You can try getting info on the IP (websites like whois, dnsstuff etc) but it usually ends with finding out the IP belongs to a large ISP or generic company.
You should look more at the email to answer your question. Check the headers and logs on your mail server to find out:
does the senders address listed in the headers match the senders address that is displayed when you view the email?
Does the reply-to address match the FQDN of the mail server that sent it?
is the sending server a known company or some un-named random company?
did the message bounce around many servers before it reached you?
check the website attached to the senders domain (eg someone@experts-exchange.c