tracing emails

[flipnflap]

is there any way of tracing whose computer an email was sent from, even if the sender has used a hotmail account with a false name?

[rojash]

Nope.

[flipnflap]

then how are police tracing Internet trolls?

[ChuckFickens]

Rojash's "nope" was probably assuming you were asking for yourself.

The police can get court orders for information to be released to them which you wouldn't be able to.

[rojash]

Chuck's hit the nail on the head. But even with a court order and the resources of forensics, it's not necessarily a simple task.