I had an incident like that too... There was a dialup user out of Canada
that used my mail server as a relay to send a bomb threat to an IBM company
somewhere else in Canada. The FBI was only involved until they found that
the person was dialing an ISP out of the country. When the FBI or the SS
acts, you will have no doubt that it is real... otherwise, I'm sure that
some one is pulling your leg...
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] How do I track down a user?
> Boy, Some people will try anything.
>
> We had this sort of thing with kiddie porn off our newsgroup feed, one
of
> our users got arrested for downloading it. We found out when they just
> showed up one day. They came (FBI, because he was out of state dialing
into
> our 800 number at the time of the infraction) and did all the work
> themselves. They never called us, they just showed up in the middle of the
> day with a court order. All we did was show them where to find the
logfiles.
> After this we made it a point to verify our newsgroups by removing
anything
> that had to do with this sort of trash.
>
> My guess is this "agent" should have identified himself over the phone
> properly or maybe you should call the secret service to verify that
someone
> did call. Either way, if you let them know since their name was used they
> may just show up and want to investigate who is impersonating them.
>
> You can verify if anything like this was sent by looking at your logs
for
> user in question, at the time and date in question, and my guess is you
will
> not find anything except he pissed someone off and they want to get even.
> But then who knows...
>
> You can get Imail Instructions for your users at
> http://www.ipnp.net/imailstuff/imailstuff.htm
> You can signup for a free email account at http://www.ipnp.net/signup2.htm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: C. Alvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 5:49 PM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] How do I track down a user?
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I just got a call from a secret service agent. One of my users that is
> > subscribed to my free email sent a message to President Clinton and
> threaten
> > to murder him. What is the best way to find out this guy's ip address?
> >
> > Charles
> >
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