Tracing IP Addresses

How do you trace the IP address of an abusive emailer? It appears that
he is mailing from a computer with a static IP as the IP address
captured in the email headers has not changed over the last three
months. I did a tracert and a ping (none of his ports responds, that I
can tell). I also looked him up in domainwhitepages.com, which told me
his ISP. There is no web page at the IP address.

mcp6453 wrote:

> How do you trace the IP address of an abusive emailer? It appears that
> he is mailing from a computer with a static IP as the IP address
> captured in the email headers has not changed over the last three
> months. I did a tracert and a ping (none of his ports responds, that I
> can tell). I also looked him up in domainwhitepages.com, which told me
> his ISP. There is no web page at the IP address.

Note that it can be a zombie, ie. a captured computer. Complain with the
ISP.

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"mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> How do you trace the IP address of an abusive emailer? It appears that
> he is mailing from a computer with a static IP as the IP address
> captured in the email headers has not changed over the last three
> months. I did a tracert and a ping (none of his ports responds, that I
> can tell). I also looked him up in domainwhitepages.com, which told me
> his ISP. There is no web page at the IP address.

Contact his ISP and give them the IP.

"mcp6453" <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:40CCC182.625F@earthlink.net...
> How do you trace the IP address of an abusive emailer? It appears that
> he is mailing from a computer with a static IP as the IP address
> captured in the email headers has not changed over the last three
> months. I did a tracert and a ping (none of his ports responds, that I
> can tell). I also looked him up in domainwhitepages.com, which told me
> his ISP. There is no web page at the IP address.

You can not get the persons personal information without going through the
court to obtain a subpoena, which is then served on the service.
Complain to the service provider.

Hello,

Go to http://www.dnsstuff.com/ to find out the abuse contact for the
ISP of the abusive emailer.

Hope this helps.

Chris H.

mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<40CCC182.625F@earthlink.net>...
> How do you trace the IP address of an abusive emailer? It appears that
> he is mailing from a computer with a static IP as the IP address
> captured in the email headers has not changed over the last three
> months. I did a tracert and a ping (none of his ports responds, that I
> can tell). I also looked him up in domainwhitepages.com, which told me
> his ISP. There is no web page at the IP address.