Written Assignment

Find at least two pieces of spam mail from any account. whether it be home, work, school, or something else. Using the e-mail headers and any web site that might provide information, attempt to trace the spam mail back to its original source.

You will need following materials:

1) Collect the e-mails and view the e-mail header information in your e-mail program

2) Find the "received" field in the headers and write down as many DNS names or IP addresses as you can. also look for common details in the header elements of the different messages, such as the same email servers and spammers.

3) Provide a short narrative on security techniques and mechanisms in protecting against spam activity.