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by tce-cig

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My company has recieved a few threatening e-mails and I would like to track down who they are coming from. Has anyone had any experience in this area and is it even possible ?

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by matsutton2

1.What email address are they coming from.
2.Is it through a hotmail or yahoo acct or from a payed account.
3. What do you class as a threatening e-mail.

Just forward the email to the service provider stating your concerns and they will be ableto track them down as these sort of emails will invalidate the terms and conditions of the service provider.. is that any help.

by tce-cig

The e-mail is coming from an account at mail.com, I believe it's a freebie. I'm not too concerned about how threatening the e-mail is, I don't think anyone will get hurt. In the meantime I will forward the message to mail.com and see if they can help, great suggestion. Thanks !!

by steved

The FROM address is not a reliable guide to where a message really originated. It's too easy to spoof the FROM address.

However, if you look at the complete message headers, and look for the last "Received" header, you will see the actual name ofthe server that originated the message.

(Most email clients give you a way to view the message headers. In Outlook, for example, open the message and select Options from the View menu.)

Steve Diamond

by ken_ballard9

If you haven't resolved the problem yet, I can trace the e-mail back to the ISP of the person who sent it. Then, you can contact the ISP with the appropriate information to find out who most likely sent the message. I will need the entire message,though, including the headers.

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