RE: Distressing, possibly life threatening emails from free accounts (yahoo, hotmail

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

> heh.
>     that's funny.
> The IP that will appear at the top of the email headers will 
> be a Yahoo Web server.
> Since it was after all,  a Yahoo Web Server which sent the 
> email on the behalf of a yahoo web surfer.

  Most responsible web-email providers -- including, specifically,
Yahoo! -- construct a "Received:" header which shows what client
IP address their web server received the message from.  In fact,
I was able to use that just yesterday to track the source of a
not-very-coherent email that just might be a suicide note.  (It
led me to one of our public-access machines, but it did at least
confirm a credible on-campus origin.)

David Gillett





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