From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:40:30 -0800 (PST)
To: Igor Chudov <ichudov@algebra.com>
Subject: Re: Airport security [no such thing]
Message-ID: <199701230640.WAA06684@toad.com>
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Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> > Nurdane Oksas <oksas@asimov.montclair.edu> writes:

> But think about this: suppose there is a couple, bob@household.com,
> and alice@household.com. Suppose that Rev. Mallory does not like bob.
> Mallory forges a lot of emails like "I can still taste your sperm
> on my lips", that appear to originate from Cindy@phonesex.org.
> Then, promptly, Mallory sends an anonymous alert to alice@household.com,
> warning her about naughty email activities of bob. Alice gets mad at him
> and divorces him.
> How would bob protect himself against such developments?

Frame-ups are as old as time.  The ones that work the best are those
that are the most believable.  O.J., for example.  Unless Alice is
unusually flaky or paranoid, she'll consider her options against the
time she has invested in Bob.