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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 8:18 pm
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How can I get information on a Yahoo e-mail address (ISP, etc.)? My wife recieved a suspicious e-mail over the weekend, and suspects it came from her former employer (she and her partners are considering getting a restraining order against the person).
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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 8:20 pm
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Check the source or headers of the message and look for the "X-originating IP", that is the IP it was sent from.
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 9:23 pm
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Okay, is there any way to get information on the IP address?
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 9:39 pm
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You can find out who it's assigned to (which provider) here

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

and about a million other places online, do a google on lookup IP address
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by boilermaker
Okay, is there any way to get information on the IP address?
Try http://www.geektools.com/whois.php
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Old Mar 8, 2005 | 10:53 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Check the source or headers of the message and look for the "X-originating IP", that is the IP it was sent from.
I don't see this in the "to" "from" "subject" etc. Is there another step to getting this info?
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 6:50 am
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Thanks for the information.

It appears the e-mail was legit (although a bit strange).
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 8:18 am
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Is there an IP address here because the person sent the email through Yahoo using a mail program?

I thought if you are using a web based service like yahoo or hotmail there would be no local ISP address, only the address of the web based host.
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