please help me find the originator of an email

[smartermoney]

I was sent a nasty email from someone at yahoo and i want to know who and where it was sent from. Can this be done and how?
Thanks

 

[WW]

look at the full headers on the email, find the 'received from ip xx.xx.xxx.xxx' and post it in a whois server like:

http://www.arin.net/whois/

that'll tell you (hopefully) what domain it was sent from....maybe you'll get lucky and recognize the company, university, etc and that will help you...

also, look up the yahoo name at profiles.yahoo.com/thename for hints (of course that's easily hidden or blank)

good luck

 

[smartermoney]

thanks WW
i now have the full header information but i need some help decyphering (SP) the info
is anyone willing to help? i could pm the info
Thanks a bunch !!!

 

[Slikkster]

could easily be spoofed email, too, so even if you can get info on what you think is the origin, it might not be correct.

But, check this link out:

http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers.html

 

[smartermoney]

no its original im sure.

 

[smartermoney]

i have an original ip address but cannot find the origin
ive used the woeis search but i need some deeper help

 

[Slikkster]

Let's stop beating around the bush. What's the IP address?

 

[WW]

Originally posted by: smartermoney
i have an original ip address but cannot find the origin
ive used the woeis search but i need some deeper help

ygpm

hope that helps

 

[Slikkster]

Based on the headers you sent me via PM, I can't see any IP info except for the Yahoo mail servers. I don't know where you can go with that.

Download this FREE utility for whois searches. Load all of the IP addresses in the search box, and you'll see they are all either Powweb mail or Yahoo mail servers.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/whois.htm

(paste the IP addresses in the "Domain name or Word" box and click "Lookup".