On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 10:40, Brian Beattie wrote: > On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 09:45, Steven D. Coffman wrote: > > Hi, > > General Question for some of you legal types: > > Received a threatening e-mail stating I have no where to hide, no safe haven > > for the likes of your ilk.. This was sent to wife and referred to daughter. > > Not sure how the heck he got her name. > > What are the legal implications or recourse I could take for this action? > > > > First, it is probably an cowardly idiot and nothing more than threating > email will come of it. But that is no reason to tahe it lightly, you > should take all measures to identify the individual and make sure the > authorities know and that he knows the authorities know. You should > contact the the postmaster of the orginating site. If he runs his own > site, contact his ISP. I'm not sure what help is any the police can be, > but you might talk to them as well. > > As for information regarding your daughter she was probably mentioned in > some email of web page that this individual has run across. Having been threatened by e-mail in the past, I can tell you there's not much the police can or will do. Wil -- Wil Cooley wcooley@private Naked Ape Consulting http://nakedape.cc * * * * Linux, UNIX, Networking and Security Solutions * * * * * Tired of spam and viruses in your e-mail? Get the * * Naked Ape Mail Defender! http://nakedape.cc/r/maildefender *
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