Tracing an ISP

[RLKreuzer]

Thank you

[GrayFox]

If it was on there board and your not an admin theres nothing you can do (Short of hacking them) to find out.

My advice is just ignore them and hope they go away.

[Leonardo]

Ruthie Kreuzer
Senior Account Executive
Alaska Life Publishing, LLC.

Ruthie, greetings from a fellow Alaskan. I can't pretend to approach Grayfox's knowledge about the Internet and networking. Please continue to monitor this thread. We've many experts here, maybe one of whom may come up with a solution other than IP tracing that might work.

OK you network gurus, let's think on this.

Ruthie, perhaps you could go to Yahoo, Google (GMAIL), or Hotmail and open an anonymous email account. Register at your competition's site and enter their forums/message board. Perhaps you could message the suspect(s) and see what they might reveal. Do not though, lie to them. You don't have to volunteer anything, but don't say anything false. You don't want them to have any ammunition against you that would be factual. Sorry, lacking a technical solution to your original question, this was the best I could come up with.

[RLKreuzer]

Thank you

[Leonardo]

Yes, that's why I suggested aboslutely no falsehoods. If you are contemplating some type of legal action, then YES, you are right, you should probably have no unofficial contact with those people at all.

Sorry, but I still have no clue about any technical means of procuring evidence. This may sound cheesy, but I really doubt that a competitor who's only actionable competitive means is to disparage others is going to have the credibility or creativity to seriously damage your business. Customers will see through blather and bluster pretty quickly. They will judge you by your quality and ability to keep commitments. Wanna bet your competition has problems in both of those areas?