it's early 1996. 28.8 modems are blazing fast and 14.4 isn't bad. the term "dialup" doesn't exist because the few alternatives are too rare to warrant it. the elite flaunt their ISDN connections, but it doesn't really get them very much unless the site they're trying to look at (one of only several hundred registered domains, at the most) happens to have been precached by one of their ISP's servers. most of what you get from the net is within your ISP, and some ISPs won't even let you send an email that isn't entirely text-based because they can't be sure that the recipient is capable of recieving anything else.
someone with an "i can't believe it's not AOL" account emails you. the sender's account is designed for privacy. it may or may not be a secondary screenname.
what can you find out about the sender from just that email?
the header information will tell you what servers the message passed through, so you can figure out the general area the sender was in (assuming the sender used a local access number rather than dialing long distance), but with only a handful of servers in each area, that doesn't tell you too much, especially since you're in a big city.
what else might you be able to find out, and how difficult would it be to find it?
Paul
