Earthlink owned the other IP address, and sent notice to the home address of the account holder associated with that IP address that I had a court order to obtain his true name and address because the IP address had been used to commit a cybercrime.

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Traditionally, an account was labeled abandoned when mail sent to the account holder's last known address got returned by the post office as undeliverable.

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Name, address, and U.S. taxpayer identification number of U.S. account holder.

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The authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

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