From: roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org (Roy M. Silvernail)
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 94 22:06:12 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: A new flavor of spam
In-Reply-To: <319e5j$sgh@zeus.london.micrognosis.com>
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Yeah, I know it's a forward.  But it's short, and raises a very good
point about tuna...

In alt.current-events.net-abuse, nreadwin@london.micrognosis.com writes:

> levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) writes:
>>If you'll note that bottom of these messages, the (forged) user's real
>>ID is included in the text.
> 
> Do you have evidence to back this up? The forger can map the forged
> from line to the anon id using the subject line. The id in the body may
> be unrelated. The forger might even deliberately try to mislead anyone
> reading alt.test into thinking that infamous-anon-id-X corresponds to
> some-email-address using this. Neil.
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Roy M. Silvernail --  roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org
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        "What do you mean, you've never been to Alpha Centauri?"
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