Hi, > >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.
In cases like that it will help sometime to nicely ask the ISP to warn the sender that if things go any further they WILL make the information available to the police. That sometimes helps enough. Groetjes, Bonno Bloksma --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus using f-prot] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
