In previous mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spouted...
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> Unfortunately there isn't a clear way to do this since Yahoo is the middle
> guy and the mail headers were generated there. We recently had a similar
> e-mail come in and we spoke to Yahoo directly. While they were sympathetic
> to the situation, they stated some sort of Court Order or Law Enforcement
> involvment would be required for them to give out information.
I just did a quick test from a throw-away Yahoo account. Mail was
sent from Yahoo using their web interface to my home network. In
the mail received there is a header similar to:
Received: from [12.34.45.78] by web9504.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 30 May
2003 09:45:37 PDT
Can't this be used as the first step in tracing down, at least, where
it originated?
While Yahoo themselves may not release information without a court
order, perhaps the folks at the originating point would be more
helpful?
John
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