INQUIRER introduces SPAM Mail Tracker

WE'RE PLEASED to make available a piece of software today which will allow people to track down spam originators, and also tells you how to complain about the spam you receive.

Mail Tracker version 1.0, which is copyright John McLean and Breakthrough Publishing Limited 2003, lets you paste email headers into a template and then will show a header trace to track down the spammer.

Once you've done that, you can then display the details from the ARIN database for the specific IP address used.

For IP addresses outside the North America content and southern Africa, you will be referred to APNIC, LACNIC or RIPE NCC databases. From these databases, or the country-specific databases they might refer you to, it is easy to find the assignee of the IP address and an email address for contacting them.

Full and detailed instructions on how to trace the origin of the spam are contained on the INQUIRER Mail Tracker page, which you can find here.

Recent media reports have claimed that currently around 50% of all emails on the Internet are spam and this tool will give us all a chance to fight back.

If you have comments or questions about the tool, please email this address. µ

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