I'm sorry this is off topic but I am hoping that someone on the list can
help.  We have an employee that is getting let's say "spooky" email from
someone who obviously knows her but they are using a bogus name to send the
email.  My question:  What is the best way to find out who the owner of the
account is?  Is there some lookup utility?
The only information that can be completely trusted (in virtually all cases) is the IP address of the sender. This will normally be in the first (top) Received: header. You can go to http://www.DNSstuff.com to do a reverse DNS lookup on the IP, as well as an IPWHOIS lookup to see who owns the IP. However, there's a good chance that it will turn out to be a large ISP, for example, where you would not be able to find out who was using the IP without a subpoena.

-Scott
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