[Rickkins]

Some kid sent my boy a threatening email, and I want to find out
who sent it. I'm figuring with the header there must be a way to
narrow down the info, as opposed to just basic info that the originating
ip gives you.(that does point to Bell HSE)

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Not without a court order at least, and even then they probably wouldn't let you get it anyway.

Plus if its a free email provider such as Hotmail, you've got no chance anyway as they don't ask for address details.

Put it down to experience and tell your son ignore the other kid and block him.

[Neil Jones]

Not without a court order at least, and even then they probably wouldn't let you get it anyway.

Plus if its a free email provider such as Hotmail, you've got no chance anyway as they don't ask for address details.

Put it down to experience and tell your son ignore the other kid and block him.

[Ryan]

Not without a court order at least, and even then they probably wouldn't let you get it anyway.

Plus if its a free email provider such as Hotmail, you've got no chance anyway as they don't ask for address details.

Put it down to experience and tell your son ignore the other kid and block him.

With a court order in hand, the ISP or the email provider will have to hand over the information that the order requires...after the motion to quash has been denied of course.

By all means, tell you kid to ignore him, but do not block the email address. If you get more, tell the kid to stop emailing you. If he keeps sending threatening emails, say, more than 10 in a 30 day period, go to the local authorities and file a complaint. Most likley you kid has an idea of who did it, even if it doesn't say it in the email. The police will have ways to trace the IP, and they can always try to get a court order once they know who the ISP/email provider is.

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[Ryan]

double post

Edited by rmurphy, 24 October 2005 - 07:15 PM.

[Neil Jones]

With a court order in hand, the ISP or the email provider will have to hand over the information that the order requires...after the motion to quash has been denied of course.

Not true in all areas.

In most courts of law, access to an individual's personal address provided by an ISP is restricted to certain classes, such as the police and possibly emergency services and not Joe Public.

But having said that, I dare say PC Plod would have bigger online fish to fry (such as child pornography rings for example) than some immature behaviour by another kid on the email.