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melbolt · May 2nd, 2005, 10:05 PM

Hey everyone,

recently a friend of mine has been receiving abusive/threatening emails from some yahoo email address. He is interested in finding out who this person is, I know that the ISP can be gained by checking the email headers of the messages sent but I was wondering if there is a way we can dig deeper or is that information that only the ISP would hold?

He is possibly interested in taking legal action against this person, I have a feeling that the abuse@yahoo.com won't do anything except maybe disable the email address of the sender.

I was wondering, what steps might a person take to take legal action and actually get authorities involved against this person rather than just giving him a little slap on the wrist and disabling his email account.

The main interest is finding out WHO this person is, rather than what IP they are coming from or ISP they are using. Is there a legal way to find this information out?

thanks

peace_of_mind · May 2nd, 2005, 10:28 PM

Report it to Yahoo. If there is actual threats occurring they should contact the authorities to handle it. It could fall under terroristic threats, assuming what you say is actually taking place.

Pizentios · May 3rd, 2005, 8:53 AM

if you have the guys host name, there is a way to find out what city he is in, and the isp that he uses. then it's just a matter of calling the isp's office in that city and reporting it to the cops. Although, the cops aren't going to do anything for you unless the guy actually starts coming through on some of those threats. best thing you can do is set up a email filter to filter any emails coming from that host name.

Cops don't do shit....buy a gun, deal with it your self :-)

j/k

Berto · May 3rd, 2005, 9:23 AM

unless you are looking at email thourhg some web based e-mail ssytem you can get all the header file information from the e-mail of the senders ip address etc

Pizentios · May 3rd, 2005, 9:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berto

unless you are looking at email thourhg some web based e-mail ssytem you can get all the header file information from the e-mail of the senders ip address etc

hotmail and other email services used to let you see all the header info, but i haven't use hotmail/whatever in years. They may have changed it.

Sane · May 3rd, 2005, 11:31 AM

How do you see the sender's IP address in hotmail? I need to know this because I got some abuse e-mails, and I think it's one of my friends.

Rory · May 3rd, 2005, 2:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sane

How do you see the sender's IP address in hotmail? I need to know this because I got some abuse e-mails, and I think it's one of my friends.

If you try setting up POP3 with hotmail I know you used to be able to view all the headers. Or spam the sender back with a couple of "presents"

Sane · May 3rd, 2005, 3:38 PM

Is it too late if they've stopped sending messages? I still want to find out who it is.

Berto · May 4th, 2005, 2:54 AM

if you still have the e-mails its not to late......., the header information is stored along with the from and to bit.

Sane · May 4th, 2005, 6:16 AM

Okay, I got e-mail tracker pro. It's asking for me to paste in the header. Where in hotmail can I find the headers of the messages?

May 2nd, 2005, 10:05 PM	#1
melbolt Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA, USA Posts: 236 Rep Power: 4	email abuse questions Hey everyone, recently a friend of mine has been receiving abusive/threatening emails from some yahoo email address. He is interested in finding out who this person is, I know that the ISP can be gained by checking the email headers of the messages sent but I was wondering if there is a way we can dig deeper or is that information that only the ISP would hold? He is possibly interested in taking legal action against this person, I have a feeling that the abuse@yahoo.com won't do anything except maybe disable the email address of the sender. I was wondering, what steps might a person take to take legal action and actually get authorities involved against this person rather than just giving him a little slap on the wrist and disabling his email account. The main interest is finding out WHO this person is, rather than what IP they are coming from or ISP they are using. Is there a legal way to find this information out? thanks

May 2nd, 2005, 10:28 PM	#2
peace_of_mind Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hell if I know most of the time Posts: 438 Rep Power: 4	Report it to Yahoo. If there is actual threats occurring they should contact the authorities to handle it. It could fall under terroristic threats, assuming what you say is actually taking place. __________________ Amateurs built the ark Professionals built the Titanic

May 3rd, 2005, 8:53 AM	#3
Pizentios Programming Guru Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 2,023 Rep Power: 7	if you have the guys host name, there is a way to find out what city he is in, and the isp that he uses. then it's just a matter of calling the isp's office in that city and reporting it to the cops. Although, the cops aren't going to do anything for you unless the guy actually starts coming through on some of those threats. best thing you can do is set up a email filter to filter any emails coming from that host name. Cops don't do shit....buy a gun, deal with it your self :-) j/k __________________ Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. Check out my Blog <---updated Nov 30 2007!

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May 3rd, 2005, 9:23 AM	#4
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	unless you are looking at email thourhg some web based e-mail ssytem you can get all the header file information from the e-mail of the senders ip address etc

May 3rd, 2005, 11:31 AM	#6
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,819 Rep Power: 5	How do you see the sender's IP address in hotmail? I need to know this because I got some abuse e-mails, and I think it's one of my friends.

May 3rd, 2005, 3:38 PM	#8
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,819 Rep Power: 5	Is it too late if they've stopped sending messages? I still want to find out who it is.

May 4th, 2005, 2:54 AM	#9
Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	if you still have the e-mails its not to late......., the header information is stored along with the from and to bit.

May 4th, 2005, 6:16 AM	#10
Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,819 Rep Power: 5	Okay, I got e-mail tracker pro. It's asking for me to paste in the header. Where in hotmail can I find the headers of the messages?

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