How can I trace an email?
Rod and Glenda Thomas
I would like to trace the person responsible and report them to their ISP.
I received it with Eudora and so have the header in that format.
Using the freeware "WhatRoute" by Bryan Christianson and the originating
IP address I traced it to the city of origin. Can I get any closer?
Rod
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wrote:
So your daughter received a spam?
Usually you (as a relative novice) won't have the resources nor
authority to trace it to the individual. At best you can send an email
to abuse@<sender's ISP> and ask them to do something about it. But these
days those spammers are so good at hiding their tracks that it's almost
impossible to expect too much action against them. Unless the spam was
of national security risk or spammed the Police chief, then you may have
a chance in getting the law enforcement agencies interested. Otherwise
you are pretty much on your own.
I would suggest that you spam proof your daughter's email and also
educate her better on what she may encounter on the net. At worst, you
may have to filter your daughter's emails (bad method I suspect).
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Magn0lia
www.spamcop.net will parse the headers for you and show you who the
offending parties are. Be sure to check the "verbose" checkbox if you
want to see how they figure it out.
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Magn0lia <http://www.pedantic.com/>
Rod and Glenda Thomas
>
> So your daughter received a spam?
>
> Usually you (as a relative novice) won't have the resources nor
> authority to trace it to the individual. At best you can send an email
> to abuse@<sender's ISP> and ask them to do something about it. But these
> days those spammers are so good at hiding their tracks that it's almost
> impossible to expect too much action against them. Unless the spam was
> of national security risk or spammed the Police chief, then you may have
> a chance in getting the law enforcement agencies interested. Otherwise
> you are pretty much on your own.
>
> I would suggest that you spam proof your daughter's email and also
> educate her better on what she may encounter on the net. At worst, you
> may have to filter your daughter's emails (bad method I suspect).
>
Actually not spam (which I take to be unwanted bulk mailing, ie
nuisance) but a malicious email written in the name of a friend
Rod