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Ok so there is this gentlman who keeps sending me these not so kind e-mails and laughs because he believes he is annoyomous and I know for a fact that there is no such thing on the internet so I am here asking for help from all the smart computer people who have patience and don't mind aiding me! I would like to know how to obtain an IP address for a gmail account.....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sensual.kneads @ Mar 31 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>Wouldn't be a guy called thurman321 would it? I sometimes post for a provider friend of mine and I've gotten some wierd emails from this guy. ;)Quote:
Ok so there is this gentlman who keeps sending me these not so kind e-mails and laughs because he believes he is annoyomous and I know for a fact that there is no such thing on the internet so I am here asking for help from all the smart computer people who have patience and don't mind aiding me! I would like to know how to obtain an IP address for a gmail account.....[/b]
I don't know much about computers but you might try contacting gmail
Sensual,
I've been waiting for an opportunity to type that...
If you can get to the header information for the mail message you received, almost always the originating ip will be listed. It is possible he used an anonymizer, but most perv's are idiots so it is worth a shot. What sort of email client do you have? If you are using gmail, when you have the message open click on the message options down arrow (next to the reply link) and select "show original". That will open the message in a text format with all the routing info included. It is fairly obvious what is the header portion of the message and where the message body begins. If you want you can copy the header section and PM it to me and I will help you decode it.
Once you have the ip you can do some lookups to get a general idea of where the perv might be connecting from, but it isn't always perfect. For example, anyone using AOL shows up as coming from one place in the eastern US. It is useful info though because then you know who to contact to assist you in dealing with the issue. Most ISP's do not want a client that is harrasing anyone else and will assist you in addressing the matter. I had to do it myself on numerous occasions. Almost as much fun as tracking down child pornographers on your network. Yeah, it happens. And they are always so dumb...
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