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RE: Tracking down anonymous user
From: "Thomas D." <whistl0r () googlemail com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:25:11 +0100
Mikef wrote on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:07 PM
Is there a way to track down what computer (IP address) was used to send the messages? I've check the exchange log files, SMTP files from my SQL servers, and checked the recipient header (there was no header info), but I'm not getting anywhere.
I don't understand why your SMTP logs don't tell you who (IP) sends the mail. It should be logged! Can you give us a copy of the header? If you cannot, because you said there wasn't a header, can you explain how the mail looks like (because there should be a header).
If I can't get them this time what can I do to catch them the next time.
Setup some logging. No SMTP should accept mails without logging them (not the content, just the connection). -- Thomas D.
Current thread:
- Tracking down anonymous user mikef (Dec 27)
- RE: Tracking down anonymous user Mike Erne (Dec 29)
- Re: Tracking down anonymous user intel96 (Dec 29)
- RE: Tracking down anonymous user Thomas D. (Dec 29)
- RE: Tracking down anonymous user Murda Mcloud (Dec 29)
- RE: Tracking down anonymous user tima soni (Dec 29)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Tracking down anonymous user mikef (Dec 29)
- Re: Tracking down anonymous user Raoul Armfield (Dec 29)
- RE: Tracking down anonymous user jbeauford (Dec 29)
- Re: Tracking down anonymous user bobby . breeze (Dec 29)
- Re: Tracking down anonymous user svavar (Dec 29)
- RE: Tracking down anonymous user Christopher Carnelian (Dec 29)