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Old 07-02-2003, 12:37 PM   #1
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hi all!

does anyone know how to obtain the ip address from the recipients in msn
messenger? i don't know who's been calling me lately, but i call it spam.
spamspamspam!

thanks in advance!




bass A
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Old 07-11-2003, 12:24 AM   #2
Matthew Gaylord
 
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Try creating a direct connection with the MSN messenger user in question.
ie: send a file , do voice chat or somethin like that. Once that is in
progress go to your command prompt and type netstat you should see there IP
in that list.
"bass A" <> wrote in message
news:ytzMa.10416$...
> hi all!
>
> does anyone know how to obtain the ip address from the recipients in msn
> messenger? i don't know who's been calling me lately, but i call it spam.
> spamspamspam!
>
> thanks in advance!
>
>



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Old 07-11-2003, 03:50 PM   #3
Chuck
 
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:24:43 GMT, "Matthew Gaylord" <>
wrote:

>Try creating a direct connection with the MSN messenger user in question.
>ie: send a file , do voice chat or somethin like that. Once that is in
>progress go to your command prompt and type netstat you should see there IP
>in that list.
>"bass A" <> wrote in message
>news:ytzMa.10416$...
>> hi all!
>>
>> does anyone know how to obtain the ip address from the recipients in msn
>> messenger? i don't know who's been calling me lately, but i call it spam.
>> spamspamspam!
>>
>> thanks in advance!


You will very likely get something like "The user in question is not
online or not able to receive messages" when you do. I know. I tried
that - and got that result.

The experts at mspwxpm pointed out that the spammer here is using a
custom version of MSN Messenger that does nothing but send the sh!t
out, without listening for any reply. That's one of the problems
supposedly fixed in MSN Messenger V6 - is that ability.


Chuck Croll

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