Try to do a search on the RIPE, ARIN, APNIC Whois database. If I were
you, I'd start of at Arin. You'll have to look for the correct
syntax/procedure, but you should be able to find out who was the ISP
were the guy connected originally.

Then contact these guys to take further steps.

Sorry, not a step by step guide, but I've got a lot of work now

Cheers

On 8 May 2001 11:16:46 -0400, in groupstudy.cisco you wrote:

>Kevin,
>
>What do you mean by "get a handle" on?  Do you want to know where it's 
>originating (geographically)?  Do you want to know the ISP that owns 
>it?  Do you want to know what the machine name is and the OS that's running 
>on the machine?
>I know of a number of tools, many of which I'm sure you're familiar with, 
>that will allow quite a bit of information to be gleaned from a given IP 
>address.  Specify what you'd like to know and I'll give some suggestions to 
>the list.
>
>Thanks,
>Craig
>
>At 10:53 AM 5/8/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>>Dear Group,
>>
>>I've seen this talked about now and then but I haven't had a need to use it
>-
>>until now.
>>
>>Say, 212.181.157.94 - a user on hotmail is starting to get abusive and the
>>headers indicate the email originated from that address.
>>
>>What tools are available to get a handle on an IP address that is causing
>>problems?
>>
>>Kevin Wigle
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