Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:46:31 -0800 (PST) From: perl <perl@netmug.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tracing Mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303114424.18707B-100000@netmug.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303112638.20782B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Thomas Dean wrote: > > > I received this mail, appearing as if I sent it. From complaints I > > have received from others, "Peter Meerwald" <seawood@very.priv.at>, > > for one, I think this person(s) is sending mail to others. I want to > > take this person to task. > > > > So, How do I locate him? > > > > I have traced this as far as tnt18.lax3.da.uu.net and complained to > > root and webmaster there. > > You complained to root and webmaster at a router :-) Traceroute barfs > from a Host Unreachable at that point, so it's possible that IP > (208.254.129.221) is forged. You might try bothering postmaster and > abuse@uu.net and see if they can trace that IP back further. Do a > traceroute and send them the output. > > > Received: from popd.ix.netcom.com (celebris.tddhome [192.168.1.3]) > > celebris must be your box, that's an invalid IP. celebris could also be the box at the sender's end if the celebris goes through a NAT box. Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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