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Computer underground Digest Sun Oct 22, 1995 Volume 7 : Issue 83
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Shadow Master: Stanton McCandlish
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Field Agent Extraordinaire: David Smith
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Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
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Ian Dickinson
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Cu Digest Homepage: http://www.soci.niu.edu/~cudigest
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CONTENTS, #7.83 (Sun, Oct 22, 1995)
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File 1--Do Not Visit This Address or Call This Phone Number
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File 2--Attention Spammers: The War Has Started
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File 3--(fwd) PSU Student Challenges "Asatru" Email address (fwd)
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File 4--Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses
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File 5--Cu Digest Header Info (unchanged since 18 Oct, 1995)
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CuD ADMINISTRATIVE, EDITORIAL, AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION APPEARS IN
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THE CONCLUDING FILE AT THE END OF EACH ISSUE.
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00:37 -0500
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From: TELECOM Digest (Patrick Townson) <telecom@DELTA.EECS.NWU.EDU>
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Subject: File 1--Do Not Visit This Address or Call This Phone Number
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((MODERATORS' NOTE: Pat Townson, editor of TELECOM Digest, and the one
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responsible for the birth of CuD in March, 1990, wins "Net-warrior of
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the week" award for his marvelous job of outing the "Spam King")).
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A nemesis of many on the Internet in recent weeks is a fellow known as
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Spam King. He has trashed hundreds of newsgroups with his messages, and
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this includes comp.dcom.telecom recently. I spent some time Thursday
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locating him.
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Spam King is Jeffrey A. Slaton of Albuquerque, NM as he admitted to me in
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a phone conversation this evening.
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Here is what I know for a fact:
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According to the phone company in Albuquerque, NM, the phone number
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505-821-1945 is listed to 'J.A. Slaton'
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address withheld at the customer's request.
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When you dial that number which *always* goes to voice mail, try this
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little technique ...
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The instant it answers, press the * key. The voicemail
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system will respond saying,
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"We are having a problem right now, please do not hang up.
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To leave a message, enter the number of the person you are
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calling. To listen to your messages, press the # key."
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When you press the # key, another voice asks you to enter your
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telephone number (meaning of course, Jeff's phone number) ...
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so you enter once again 505-821-1945. Of course, since you are
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not Jeff, don't do this.
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You immediatly hear the name of the mailbox owner stated:
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"Jeff Slaton" (pronounced Slay - ton)
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And you are then asked to enter your (meaning his) password
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to pick up your messages. grin ....
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I really have to wonder who he thinks he is messing around
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with ....
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Now would someone be so stupid as to use SPAM KING as thier
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password? (using the associated digits on the dial). Well
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no, he did not use that, but I am not going to say what
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password he *is* using. That might be illegal and might be
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construed as me encouraging others to loot and destroy his messages.
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I'll let others of you figure it out, since after
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all it is against the law to hack someone's voicemail.
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This appears to be just your typical phone company voicemail
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system. It is NOT a 'D.I.D.' (direct inward dial) number to
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a voicemail system ... it *is* a number in his home that is
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just always left to go to voicemail.
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Speaking of homes, were *does* Jeffrey A. Slaton live? Well, I located
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him as follows:
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Jeff A. Slaton
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6808 Truchas Drive NE
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Albuquerque, NM 87109
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The phone number he actually answers on is 505-822-8919. He gets a
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woman who lives there to answer the phone; he hides behind her skirt.
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I got him to come to the phone and speak to me with some persistence.
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Naturally when dialing, if one wishes to preserve one's privacy one
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will prepend *67 to the dialing string, or do as the phreaks did years
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ago before the new-fangled phone system was invented and just run
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through a few loop-arounds or a couple of MCI dialups or whatever.
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Of course, readers are reminded that phone harassment is illegal and
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ransacking and looting of other people's voicemail is also quite
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illegal. Nor is it recommended that visitors without appointments
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drop in to see him at his home or try anything violent like smashing
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or busting up computers, modems, etc. That sort of thing just will
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never, never do ... not in a civilized America or on a civilized net.
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I mean, we are still pretending that we have a modicum of civility
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here, right?
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I don't want to hear any reports back about people trashing that
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telephone number (505-822-8919) so badly that the phone company is
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never able to re-assign it to anyone or about how someone went out
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there to 6808 Truchas Drive NE and busted up little Jeffy's toy computer.
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When he spammed my newsgroup, and rode express right through my
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mailing list a couple days ago, he got me ... well, let's say
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'annoyed'.
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PAT
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TD Editor
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PS: You might want to let others know about this fellow so that when
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they are confronted with messages from Spam King they'll know who to
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see about it. Of course, in the process of posting this around, do
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not start spamming yourself. <grin> ... none the less, when you see
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some of Spam King's work, let Jeff know how you feel about it, and
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be sure to mention the newsgroup(s) where you saw his stuff. He'll
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appreciate that.
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Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 03:23:08 -0500
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From: TELECOM Digest (Patrick Townson) <telecom@DELTA.EECS.NWU.EDU>
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Subject: File 2--Attention Spammers: The War Has Started
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I don't know about the rest of you, but all this spamming in recent months
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has really started to get me irritated. I think one solution worth looking
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into is that of *spamming back at the spammers*.
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Since *they* do not seem to care what sort of irrelevant junk they sent
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out to every newsgroup and mailing list they can find, I see no reason
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why netters can't simply return the courtesy, armed with such details
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as:
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home address,
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home phone number,
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social security number of the spammer when known,
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banking information of the spammer when known,
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other personal details, etc.
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Then, I'll leave it to your imaginations as to how to best deal with
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the inconsiderate boobs who have trashed the net to the point of it being
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almost useless in recent months.
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Listen to them squeal like stuck pigs when the place *they* get *thier*
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messages and mail gets loaded with spam ... listen and watch how they
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carry on when their telephone number becomes so polluted they have to
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have it changed time and time again ... smile ... oh, there are people
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who can make those things happen. You can even be taught how if you
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don't already know the techniques used.
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And imagine the fun to be had by all with Jeff 'Spam King' Slaton's
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social security number and banking information ... <even bigger grin> ...
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Jeff sees nothing wrong with invading *your* privacy does he? You are
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gonna worry about his?
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Here is the data on Jeff once again in case you missed it, and then we
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will move on to a new assignment:
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Jeff A. Slaton
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6808 Truchas Drive NE
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Albuquerque, NM 87109
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Phone: (505)822.8919 personal answer, but lately on an answering
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machine. press '2' for Jeff, do not bother
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the rest of the family.
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Voicemail: (505)821.1945 once it answers, press * and listen to
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the voicemail system's response. Enter the
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proper numbers, etc as required.
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I'm doing a social security number trace on him now, and trying to
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find out where he banks. I'm not certain, but I think he has some
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other employment as well. If so, spam will be needed there also.
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Details provided when available. In the meantime, let's get busy with
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letters and phone calls to Jeff, letting him know how concerned we are
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about his attitude. When you write or call Jeff, be sure to let him
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know the newsgroup and site where you saw *his* spam. He'll appreciate
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knowing you are concerned about him as a net citizen.
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Now let us direct our attention to the magazine club ... you know, the
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one all the 'international students' are raving about ... the one that
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Janet Dove introduced us to and Patricia Eng (president of the
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international students association) has been reminding us about with
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30,000 byte, thousand line messages recently posted in dozens of
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newsgroups. Here is a header from a recent spam sent to me for my
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list -- thank God I still maintain telecom manually, else this crap
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would have gone out.
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This first part merely says that it arrived at our site, was delivered
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to my mail filter, processed through the filter according to my
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instructions, then remailed to me !absolutely!, bypassing the filter.
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Can't just drop things in the mail spool after filtering them, it may
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cause race conditions, file overwriting, etc.
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From telecom Sat Oct 21 17:50:45 1995
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Received: by delta.eecs.nwu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA24689 for \telecom; Sat,
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21 Oct 1995 17:50:44 -0500
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Date--Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:50:44 -0500
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From--TELECOM Digest (Patrick Townson) <telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu>
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Message-Id: <199510212250.RAA24689@delta.eecs.nwu.edu>
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To: \telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu
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Status: R
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Now, here is where the fun starts. Notice how the sender of the mail
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used certain flags in sendmail to diddle up the 'From ' and 'From:'
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lines, thinking they could avoid detection.
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Essentially what we see is, my site (delta) got it from our network
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mail machine (zeta) which got it from cornell. Cornell got it from
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ixc.net who in turn got it from 205.230.67.30. Hmmm ... well that
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turns out to be something called ppp30.ingress.com. Now maybe it
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came from there or maybe the person just put that there.
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>From For.a.prompter.reply.please.fax@If.you.do.not.have.a.fax.smail.is.ok Sat
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Oct 21 17:50:41 1995
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Received: from zeta.eecs.nwu.edu by delta.eecs.nwu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with
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ESMTP id RAA24676 for <telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu>; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:50:38
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-0500
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Received: from cornell.edu by zeta.eecs.nwu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id
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RAA09521; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:50:36 -0500
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Received: from [205.230.67.30] (pm1-41.ixc.net [198.70.48.41]) by cornell.edu
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(8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA01200; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 16:12:29 -0400
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Note that when you trick the mail network by using certain sendmail 'flags'
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which allow you to diddle up your 'name' into something goofy like
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this, if you are not considered a 'trusted user' at your site -- that
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is, your name is in a certain file -- then the (unverified) comment
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will appear; sometimes it will be shown as 'authentication warning'.
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X-Sender: For.a.prompter.reply.please.fax@If.you.do.not.have.a.fax.smail.is.ok
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(Unverified)
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Let's assume for now the message ID number was generated by the site.
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Let's also assume that the person who dumped this load on the net
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is NOT the postmaster there. I know, even that is a big assumption
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these days; but let's assume the postmaster is straight ...
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Message-Id: <v01530526acaf0267262c@[205.230.67.30]>
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We now need to send a note to 'postmaster@ppp30.ingress.com' and ask
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that person if s/he will be so kind as to check the site logs and
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see if it can be detirmined WHO is the actual user who accessed
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sendmail at 16:48 on Saturday, October 21 to send mail with the
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Message-ID shown above. You might want to cc 'postmaster@ixc.net'
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at the same time. Sendmail should have logs of who accesses it,
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regardless of what that person makes sendmail say to the outside world
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later on.
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X-Priority: 1 (Highest)
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Yeah, right. The highest priority my dear. You *will* be given close
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attention in the next few days, believe me you ...
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Date--Sat, 21 Oct 1995 16:48:12 -0500
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Note although ppp30.ingress sent it out at 16:48, Cornell says they
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got it at 16:12. That's because Cornell is on a different time zone
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than ingress apparently. In effect, they got it 24 minutes after it
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was sent out.
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Now notice TO WHOM it was written and FROM WHOM it was sent ...
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To: For.a.prompter.reply.please.fax@If.you.do.not.have.a.fax.smail.is.ok
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(Patricia Eng, President, Association of International Students, Australia-New
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Zealand Chapter)
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From--For.a.prompter.reply.please.fax@If.you.do.not.have.a.fax.smail.is.ok
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(Patricia
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Eng, President, Association of International Students, Australia-New
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Zealand Chapter)
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Bogus From and Bogus (identical) To -- so with a 'To' line like the
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above, how did I get a copy over here, and how did you get one (if you
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did)?
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Well this tells us there must have been one or more bcc's ... 'blind
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courtesy copy' or do you say 'carbon copy' like me, the old fart that
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I am going back to carbon paper and typewriter days?
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Anyway, there is a bcc involved. It is a great way to send out mail to
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a huge list of people (or LISTS of people) without any of them knowing
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who the others are. I do it all the time with my mailing list to keep
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the names on the list from seeing the other names: I send it from
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myself to myself with a bcc that has a few thousand names!
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Subject--*** ===>> World's *Cheapest* Way to get USA Magazine Subscriptions
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delivered to
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*any* country (1,500+ USA titles to choose from).
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Mercifully, we shall skip most of this tripe; we all know what Janet
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Dove and now Patricia Eng have done: recently they joined a magazine
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subscription club in the USA.
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Janet Dove told us that she was 'a busy student' and would have no
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time for replies, so please do not write to her.
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Well, unfortunatly for her, a lot of you did write. Flames and more
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flames. Obscene letters, hate letters, you name it. Janet got the
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good trashing she deserved. It got so bad the magazine people had
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to change their address, phone and fax number.
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---> PLEASE NOTE THE NEW FAX # AND NEW SMAIL ADDRESS, AS SHOWN BELOW. TO
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RETURN THE "REQUEST FOR MORE INFO" FORM TO. THE OLD ADDRESS AND FAX # ARE
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NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. <---
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You will get a quick reply via email within 1 business day of receipt of
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the info request form below.
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This time, they got smart ... but they're not as smart as you, are
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they folks? Grin ... they say, 'our fax machine is set up to only
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accept one page, and then disconnect.'
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Gee, I wonder why? Is it because so many of you folks last time
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around set your fax up with a mobious loop of paper which went round
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and round all night causing Janet's machine to waste all its paper?
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They say, "gotcha! it won't work this time, internet dudes ... this
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time we take one sheet of paper only from you ... and we cut you off!"
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----> IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THOSE FAXING IN THEIR REPLY:
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(*please* make sure there is *no* cover page and your fax is only 1-page, as
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their fax is set-up to receive only 1-page faxes. Your fax goes directly onto
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their 4.2 gigabyte computer hard drive, not paper, and all incoming fax
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calls are set-up to
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be auto-terminated at the start of the 2nd page, in order to allow space for
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everyone's replies to be received.. <----
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*** No, what they mean is, 'in order for your hostile reply to not
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clog our machine and run us out of paper every few minutes all night
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long ... *** <grin>
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So a new approach will be needed. Read on .....
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Hi fellow 'netters,
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My name is Patricia Eng and I recently started using a magazine
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subscription club in the USA that has a FREE 1 yr. magazine subscription
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deal with your first paid order- and I have been very pleased with them.
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They have over 1,500 different USA titles that they can ship to any country
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on a subscription basis. As for computer magazines from the USA, they
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more of a selection than I ever knew even existed. They have magazines for
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most every area of interest in their list of 1,500 titles.
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(Several hundred lines deleted; I am sure you are angry with me for
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cutting them out ... grin ...)
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And guess what! Patsy Eng is the same way as Janet Dove ... 'just a
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happy customer and a busy student' ... no time to answer flames ...
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and to make sure she does not have to answer flames, she thoughtfully
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screwed up her email address, as we saw above.
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Please do not email me as I am just a happy customer and a *busy* student.
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I don't have time to even complete my thesis in time, let alone run my
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part-time software business! Please fill out the below form and
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fax it to them in the USA at: 718-967-1550
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(Fax line is open 24 hrs. per day, 7 days a week, but the *easiest* time
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to get your fax through is Mon-Fri, 9 am - 5 pm EST, due to the least # of
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faxes coming through during those hours.).
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We will discuss that phone number in just a minute.
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----> IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THOSE FAXING IN THEIR REPLY:
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(*please* make sure there is *no* cover page and your fax is only 1-page, as
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their fax is set-up to receive only 1-page faxes. Your fax goes directly onto
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their 4.2 gigabyte computer hard drive, not paper, and all incoming fax
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calls are set-up to
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be auto-terminated at the start of the 2nd page, in order to allow space for
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everyone's replies to be received.. <----
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She stresses this again; you see last time the magazine people
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unloaded their commode here on the net, many of you responded
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vigorously, you damn near wrecked their fax machine ... good!
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And they would like you to fax to them during the business day ... not
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so much because that is 'when it is slowest and easiest to get through'
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but more because that's the time of day when they are there to
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monitor what is happening ... naturally, you will want to send
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your faxes at night and on weekends .... grin ....
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or smail it to them at the following address:
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Magazine Club Inquiry Center
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Att. FREE Catalogue-by-email Dept.
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PO Box 990
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Staten Island NY 10312-0990
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We will discuss this post office box in a minute also.
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NOTE: for the fastest reply, please fax in the below form. If you do not
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have access to a fax at work or at home, then please send it in by smail
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(airmail). They will email you their FREE catalogue and complete info on
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how their club works within 1 business day of receiving your form.
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Replying does not mean you are committed to joining, only that you
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are seriously interested in receiving more info by email and then have a
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quick friendly, no obligation phone call made to you to answer your
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questions and explain how they work.
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Only a complete FOOL would supply them with any information at all about
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themselves or their email address or snail mail address, etc.
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Sorry, but incomplete forms *will not* be acknowledged. If you do not
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have an email address, or access to one, they will not be able to help you
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until you do have one. If you saw this message, then you should have one. :)
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*** Snicker ****
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(About a thousand more lines deleted ... I do not intend to
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advertise their magazines for them.)
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Now here is where YOU come in ... here are some things YOU can do to
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help expose the vermin who, like Slaton, have managed to damn near
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wreck Usenet ...
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I. Write postmaster@ppp30.ingress.com (with a copy to)
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postmaster@pm1-41.ixc.net
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Text: "Please check your log of outgoing mail for 16:12 on October 21
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and see if it is possible to detirmine which user sent the mail with
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the above referenced message-ID and give me that name. Thank you."
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Once the postmaster responds, see to it the rest of the net gets the
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correct user name. Finger the user if possible for more details as
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to real name, etc. Naturally, most vermin do not have .plan files in
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thier directory, but put together what data you can.
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II. That phone number: 718-967-1550. It is a working number in Staten
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Island, NY but it is non-pub. A fax machine is answering. I am running
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into dead ends at present finding out any more. I'll keep working on
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it, but in the meantime, if you have a fax that is a hundred pages
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long, you may need to call them a hundred times and send your fax
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page by page. Are there some pictures you want them to see, or a
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magazine article? Maybe they should get copies of other spams like
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their own ... but long distance is cheap these days (nights) ... so
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if you have to send several to get it all delivered, then do it.
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People in the local NY/NJ area may have a lot of faxing they need
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to do. <grin>
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III. That box number: PO Box 990, Staten Island, NY 10312
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Send a short polite letter addressed as follows:
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Postmaster
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Staten Island, NY 10312
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ATTN: Lock Box Rental Supervisor
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Text:
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"Post Office Box 990 is being used for business purposes, to solicit
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the public. Therefore, according to postal regulations, I am entitled
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to know the name and address of the box holder.
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"Please supply me with the name and address of the renter of Box 990,
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also a phone number if you have one. Please supply me with the name(s)
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of the person(s) authorized to sign for certified/registered mail and
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the name(s) of persons authorized to collect mail from the box or who
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are in possession of the keys to the box if they are different than
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the renter.
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"I am enclosing a self addressed stamped envelope for your convenience
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in making a speedy reply. If there is a fee for your service, please
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advise me. Thank you."
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If you want, just for a little fun, send a cc of the letter
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to the postmaster to the box itself <grin> just to let the
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boxholder know inquiries are being made about him. Nothing
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better than a little paranoia on his part. Naturally you do
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not send him a self addressed stamped envelope. Since he *is*
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running a business box, he will be powerless to stop you from
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inquiring of the postmaster.
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IV. Finally, once again in reference to Box 990, you may wish to
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send him LOTS of mail ... why not send printouts of his own spams
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back to him along with print outs of every other spam you can find.
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Naturally, no return address on the envelope, and don't worry if
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you short the postage a little .. the post office will tell him to
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pick up his mail at the call counter and pay the postage due.
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Send a few 'Jesus Saves' tracts, assorted treatises, etc. You are
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doing this to follow up on the fax message you sent earlier -- all
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five hundred pages of it!
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Be courteous and polite with postmasters, electronic or otherwise. It
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is not thier fault that they have idiots and con-artists as customers.
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Whether it is ingress.com, or the postmaster at Staten Island, they
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WILL get the point and understand the purpose of your POLITE inquiry.
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So ... now please finish your assignment with Jeff, and then begin
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this new assignment with the magazine people. Bear in mind the junk
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mail spam sent to the magazine people is only until we have more
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detailed information about who they are and where they are.
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Good luck on your mission! Keep their mailbox full and their fax
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machine humming ... each time a new spam appears, in addition to
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cancelling it as soon as possible mitigating its influence, let's
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hit them hard in return with as much personal data as we can dig
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up. Should there possibly be a Digest or mailing list devoted to
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a 'clearing house' function, identifying the vermin and coordinating
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return attacks, etc?
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War has been declared!
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PAT
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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:46:26 -0500 (CDT)
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From: David Smith <bladex@BGA.COM>
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Subject: File 3--(fwd) PSU Student Challenges "Asatru" Email address (fwd)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
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From--an189240@anon.penet.fi
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Date--Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:17:23 UTC
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News:
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Portland, Oregon U.S.***
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A student has brought a legal challenge in U.S. District Court here
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for being required in a public school to associate with or use their
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computer Email address containing a religious name from the Asatru
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religion. The school, Portland State University, has named two
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mainframe computer machines after "Odin" and "Loki", which are figures
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of worship in the Asatru religion. The Oregon State Board of Higher
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Education (OSBHE) denied his in-school complaint, saying the names are
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generally regarded as mere "myth" and not religion. A letter by
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OSBHE's chancellor, Joseph W. Cox, also denies the student's religious
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basis for his objection, stating by letter that his personal
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"Hebrew-Christian" beliefs do not "rise to this level" "of an official
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religion". No harm, no "worship", is involved from mere reading or
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typing in the names, he says.
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The student, however, claims that "the university overextended its
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"Viking" mascot theme into the religious sphere". The names are
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associated with a current pagan religion that has many adherents-
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Asatru or Odinism. It has been in existence since 1971 in both Iceland
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and the U.S. The university is supporting an establishment of this
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religion, he claims. It denied his own Hebrew-Christian religion and
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by any required association with this other pagan religion, it has
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also "substantially burdened" his own exercise of religion- in the
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language of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
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The student is also mindful of having to use certain Unix or Pine
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system commands which are repugnant to his moral or religious beliefs.
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Because his Hebrew-Christian beliefs are to affirm all Life, he
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objects to having to use the "k-i-l-l" and "u-n-k-i-l-l" language of
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computer commands. In repeated use, it is a subtle form of reinforcing
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or conditioning immorality. Reinforcing a "culture of death"- as Pope
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John Paul also put it in his recent visit to the U.S.
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The case, Hieb v. OSBHE, presents an interesting turnabout: the Asatru
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religion may be seen as arising as part of a youth protest movement
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against the dominant, state-established Lutheran church in northern
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Europe. In Oregon at PSU, the Asatru religion is claimed to be the
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state supported religion. The student's Hebrew-Christian religion is a
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"back to the Roots" variation of the dominant Christian religion.
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Which he says has been very "Greco-Romanized", even "imperialized",
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from the original. So far, he filed the action "pro se" and has no
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attorney.
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 95 16:56 EST
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From: "AMERICAN EAGLE PUBLICATION INC." <0005847161@MCIMAIL.COM>
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Subject: File 4--Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses
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For Immediate Release
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Perhaps you've heard of The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses. It
|
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was released in 1991 and caused quite a stir in the computing
|
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community because it detailed the operation of four computer viruses,
|
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and included full source code for them in the book so that readers
|
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could put the viruses together and experiment with them.
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It has become one of the most highly censored technical books of the
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decade, banned by numerous computer magazines, and even the likes of
|
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Soldier of Fortune. It has been the subject of litigation in France
|
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which went clear to the Supreme Court, resulting in an important
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precedent for freedom of speech in that country.
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Mark Ludwig, author of The Little Black Book, has just come back with
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The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses, and it's sure to cause
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another stir in the computing community. At a whopping 672 pages, it
|
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details 37 viruses--everything from a simple 44-byte virus to very
|
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sophisticated viruses designed for Windows and OS/2 as well as a Unix
|
|
virus designed to create a new super-user account on the sly, thereby
|
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totally compromising the security of a system. The author also exposes
|
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all of the inside secrets behind polymorphic viruses and genetic
|
|
viruses, and argues that anti-virus software may not be able to handle
|
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the threats posed by viruses for very much longer.
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Yet the book is not all gloom and doom. Dr. Ludwig also details
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various anti-virus measures, and provides the reader with several
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anti-virus programs (with full source), discussing how they work to
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eradicate viruses, and how viruses sometimes work their way around
|
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such measures. He also discusses so-called "good" viruses, those
|
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programs that combine self-reproduction with a useful function which a
|
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computer user might want. Included in his book is the KOH virus, a
|
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cryptography tool that secures the hard disk when installed.
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Responding to charges that he is encouraging the development of new
|
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viruses and causing trouble, Ludwig said that he believes his work
|
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does a lot of good by making solid technical information available to
|
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people who need to know it. "Using a black-box to solve your virus
|
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problems is foolish if you are in a high-level position where
|
|
thousands of computers could go down or lives could be at stake. There
|
|
is an intelligent programmer out there trying to foil the software you
|
|
are using, and you are going to be the guniea pig, not the
|
|
manufacturer. You need to take responsibility and rely on your own
|
|
intelligence, rather than expecting some so-called expert to do your
|
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job for you, while you sit there not even so sure that this expert is
|
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really that expert--until it's too late. It takes intelligence to
|
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combat intelligence, and I'm not just saying that as some cute little
|
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quip--it's a mathematically proven fact, and I discuss it in the
|
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book."
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The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses is available from American
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Eagle Publications, PO Box 1507, Show Low, AZ 85901, (800)719-4957,
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for $39.95 + 3.00 postage.
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1995 22:51:01 CDT
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