the best way to get this information is to right click on the message and select options to get the message header information
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Browse All TopicsA user got a unwanted email from xxx@hotmail.com..I want to find where does it come from? how can I track this email from exchange 2003? how much information can I reach related to this email? and how can I do this?
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And once you have the source IP address of the sending mail server, you can look up its location with www.ip2location.com.
I looked at the Message Tracking center and I saw for this sender<
Message id> SNT114-W457259A99CCD1158DE
If you open up the email and post the header information we can advise you where it came from etc.
Outlook 2000 / 2002 / 2003
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You can check the host header information bit it has probably come from hotmail?
You can report abuse to the hotmail team: http://windowslivehelp.com
It's unlikely you are going to be able to track exactly who sent it.
I guess this begs the question about your anti-spam software and if you are using some, how effective it is.
I have recently trialled Vamsoft ORF and found it to be extremely effective and it only costs $239 per server.
The download is only 4Mb and it is easy to setup and configure. Since switching several customers, they have all reported a massive drop in the level of spam they receive. One I spoke to not 10 minutes ago has said that they have not received any spam at all in their 30 days of trial. I will be buying them a license tomorrow.
www.vamsoft.com - sorry - forgot to include the link.
I think that e-mail address is for a home DSL user as it appears to be a generic reverse lookup.
Your best bet is to get on to the telecom provider who may (or may not depending on turkish data protection) tell you who was using that IP address at the time the message was sent.
If it's serious get the police involved and they will be able to get the required information from the telecom provider.
Message-ID: <SNT114-W457259A99CCD1158DE
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boundary="_09038b29-0d98-4
X-Origi
From: k k <kkbshg@hotmail.com>
To: <damla.altintas@bshg.com>
Sub
Date:
Importance: Normal
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Oct 2009 20:23:47.0714 (UTC) FILETIME=[B9D77E20:01CA541
X-RMX-ID
X-RMX
X-RMX-TRACE: 2009-10-23 22:23:52 RmxMSI@mailin13/mailcc08 [0.2s] 20091023-222350-n9NKNlwp00
X-RMX-TRACE: 2009-10-23 22:23:51 RmxDf@mailin13/mailcc01 [1.1s] 20091023-222350-n9NKNlwp00
X-RMX-RQ: 100
X-RMX-RC: 26
X-BSHG: 1.1
X-BSHG-Version2: 5.5.8.383112, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2009.10.23.201535
X-RMX-Spa
RMX_RQ_100+ -0.7, HTML_70_90! 0.25, BAYES_40_49! 0, FORGED_FROM_HOTMAIL 0.1, BODY_SIZE_10000_PLUS 0, TO_NO_NAME 0, WEBMAIL_SOURCE 0, WEBMAIL_XOIP 0, WEBMAIL_X_IP_HDR 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_MIXED 0, __DATE_TZ_RU 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL_FROM 0, __FROM_HOTMAIL 0, __HAS_HTML 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_XOAT 0, __HAS_XOIP 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __RECEIVED_FROM_MSN_LIVE 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STYLE_RATWARE_2 0, __TAG_EXISTS_BODY 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HEAD 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __URI_NS , __bl.spamcop.net_ERROR , __dnsbl.njabl.org_ERROR , __dnsbl.sorbs.net_ERROR , __ix.dnsbl.manitu.net_ERRO
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We have told you that the IP address is owned by a Turkish ADSL provider and that if you want to track down your malicious sender you will probably need to get the police involved (assuming it is that bad).
Alternatively contact the ISP and report that IP address along with the time/date the message was sent (because it's likely to be a dynamic address so not necessarily given to the same person each time) for abuse.
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by: MikeHolcombPosted on 2009-10-26 at 05:21:46ID: 25661488
I would suggest starting by viewing the message's email headers to look at it's originating IP address. Chances are, the Email message itself did not come from a Yahoo mail server - especially if it's a type of virus or piece of spam. In this case, it could have come from any infected system in the world.
ager.com/t ips/header .html.
Here's more information on how to read Email headers in Outlook - http://www.emailaddressman
Hope this helps...
Mike