How do you trace no-name emails?

[WAZ]

I have been getting solicitation emails several times a day. When I look at the message properties, they all come from different FAKE email addresses and random combinations of servers (indiana.edu, yahoo.com, msn.com, aol, bigfoot.com, etc) and end up at a weird address that's not even mine. I have tried replying to all addresses, and they're all bogus -- I can't send to any of them. They have fake "reply-to" addresses, fake "from" addresses, etc. And they're all different, so i can't block them. But all the messages are the "same" so I know they're all coming from the same person/people. If anyone could tell me how to trace these messages back to their origin (before they get filtered through all the bogus addresses and random servers), I'd love to find out where they're coming from.

Thanks!
WAZ

 

[convex]

have you been looking at the message source? It doesn't do much help to email spammers back, I've traced a few back through phone numbers. Anyway, back to the message source, if you're using outlook, rightclick on the message, go to properties, then click on the second tab and look at the source...it'll look like this;

Received: from sm3.texas.rr.com ([24.93.35.210]) by Mail.austin.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.537.53);
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:53:56 -0600
Received: from mail.directnic.com (mail.directnic.com [208.178.184.30])
by sm3.texas.rr.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with SMTP id f190rFR09111
for <convex@austin.rr.com>; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:53:15 -0600
Received: (qmail 4212 invoked by uid 222); 9 Feb 2001 00:52:37 -0000
Delivered-To: systemcrisis-com-convex@systemcrisis.com
Received: (qmail 4208 invoked by uid 222); 9 Feb 2001 00:52:36 -0000
Delivered-To: systemcrisis-com-ebay@systemcrisis.com
Received: (qmail 4205 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2001 00:52:36 -0000
Received: from 130-227.master-link.com (HELO mail.onlineadventure.com) (167.160.130.227)
by mail.directnic.com with SMTP; 9 Feb 2001 00:52:36 -0000
Received: from 2ijd4i1.compuserve.com ([216.209.173.24])
by mail.onlineadventure.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA13423;
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:37:43 -0800
Message-Id: <byo86vhm2o1.13x50n1ewv@2ijd4i1.compuserve.com>
Reply-To: ph567@usa.com
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=&quot;iso-8859-1&quot;
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT
Subject: You Can Be Debt Free TODAY! -ohpmdjohf
To: dbork@waavhi.systemexperts.com
From: SpecialOfferDept@rqvkpg.msn.com
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 19:28:49 -0800
Return-Path: haencn@bigfoot.com



&quot;Received: from 2ijd4i1.compuserve.com ([216.209.173.24])
by mail.onlineadventure.com (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA13423;
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:37:43 -0800
Message-Id: <byo86vhm2o1.13x50n1ewv@2ijd4i1.compuserve.com>&quot;

 

[Dan]

WAZ: Get hooked up with SpamCop.

 

[ddiccico]

second vote for spamcop.

 

[lordofdeath]

I try to do the right click at the message in outlook and I don't see no properties. I go to file and under this screen i see properties and again, I don't see anything like you post up ..