From: Charles Bell <quester@eskimo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 95 03:01:38 PST
To: Hadmut Danisch <danisch@ira.uka.de>
Subject: Re: Scientologys Attempts
In-Reply-To: <9501161644.AA06046@elysion.iaks.ira.uka.de>
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On Mon, 16 Jan 1995, Hadmut Danisch wrote:

> 
> I just had a view into the alt.religion.scientology and
> alt.clearing.technology newsgroups. There are some messages
> about a Scientology decision to shut down every internet traffic
> about Scientology. If the messages are true, Scientology sent 
> rmgroup Control messages to remove the groups. 
> 
> The request to stop the remailers seems to come from the
> same people...
> 
After reading the lawyer's threatening letter I tried to check out the 
two newsgroups mentioned, and was told they do not exist.  (This is not a 
local filter here; Eskimo does not censor newsgroups.)  So have they been 
deleted?  If so, by whom and how? What is 'rmgroup' and who has the 
authority to remove alt. groups?

Charles Bell