>hey all...this is way off topic (again), but extremely important...
>
>does anyone know how to trace any sort of AOL IM conversation, or an email
>from an AOL account. There are no IPs in the header (I would assume that
>AOL would synamically allocate IPs to users since it is so huge).
>
>this is REALLY important because a certain girl that I am dating recieved a
>death threat online from someone with an AOL account. I sent a message to
>AOL to see what they will do, but I want to nail this fucker. He also
>threatened me, and called me a computer geek....that is insulting since I
am
>a DORK and not a GEEK... big difference.
>
>Anyhow, he also sent an email to her....only thing on the header is the AOL
>server and the message ID. Can I do anything with that??? I think that I
>know who this is, so I just need to confirm it by getting ANYTHING on
>him....
>
>Sorry that this had nothing to do with Linux, but you guys are about a
>billion times smarter then any idiot at AOL....so, I thought I would ask
>you...
>
>Thanks a lot...
>
>-Evan-
First off...I would like to say that I feel for you. That's just plain
stupid, sending someone some email with death threats. They should be in
your face with it. That's when you kick his a$$ and then take him to the
cops. :)
Anyway...to answer your question, I don't know of any way you can trace
an AOL Mail-Message (I AM HIGHLY ignorant about AOL's Mail protocols, but I
know they don't use POP3 or SMTP). I have some ideas you can try though.
First off, try to get some kind of mail filter (if your isp runs procmail,
which most do, use that) and try to record the senders IP if you can. Then
you can try to pick apart the Message again and look at the ID...I think
it's called an AOLMPID. I'm NOT SURE! See if you can make a connection
with the mailbox and the MPID. I know this didn't tell you much...but
that's what I would do.
Again...I feel for you!
Hope this helps!
-Regards
Peeyush Singh
