1998-02-16 - Re: bugged?

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From: x <x@x.com>
To: Ken Williams <hh-chat@gateway-1.secureservers.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-02-16 16:14:49 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:14:49 -0800 (PST)

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From: x <x@x.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 08:14:49 -0800 (PST)
To: Ken Williams <hh-chat@gateway-1.secureservers.net
Subject: Re: bugged?
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Could be wrong, but mine started beeping when ISP switched to new digital
modems to support 56K.
Now, that obviously doesn't mean he's NOT bugged - but Occam's razor and
all that.


At 06:20 AM 2/16/98 -0500, Ken Williams wrote:
>
>anybody have any ideas here?  this is a personal email forwarded to me
>from a friend who *might* have cause to believe he is bugged.  this is
>coming from a .au domain, btw.
>
>thanx,
>
>TATTOOMAN
>
>http://152.7.11.38/~tattooman
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 20:41:23 +0930
>From: XXX@XXX.XXX
>To: jkwilli2@unity.ncsu.edu
>Subject: PGP
>
>Yo tat,
>
>I got pgp 5.0. which will not work with your version. Upgrade man :-)
>
>Oh well I'll tell ya without pgp. It's not that much of a problem the
>question I wanted to ask you (well I hope it's not).
>
>Anyway, what I wanted to ask you is whether you might know why I'm getting
>a very DISTINCTIVE beep when I connect with my modem to my ISP. The
>beep(only once) comes just after the initial dialup and just before all the
>noise you get before the connection. 
>
>Sounds wierd and it only started 2 days ago. I never heard a connection
>like this before and I'm wondering whether my phone line is being tapped. 
>
>Any suggestions ??
>
>XXXXX
>
>P.S. Just in case my mail is being read by someone other than
>Tattooman..here's to you (_|_)
>
>
>
>





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