Mike Ingle says:
If he starts flooding the newsgroups, what can we do about it?
If he starts forging mail from other people, he's committing a crime and we can get his system administrators to pull his account.
Perry
Last week I complained to Julf about the semi-forged messages ("NAZI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS," etc.) that appeared from an12070's account but with my name prominently attached and with my sig block at the end. After receiving mail from readers in the various groups that Rotweiler posted this crap to, including soc.culture.jewish and about a dozen other groups (all independently posted, so a follow-up to one of them did not reach the other sites), I decided he had gone too far, that this was surely the "abuse" that Julf urges folks to report to him. So I did. I haven't heard back from Julf, but I also haven't seen an an12070/S. Boxx posting for several days now, and Rotweiler has been ranting on about S. Boxx "told him" that his account has been "cnesored" by that evil and malicious TENTACLE OF THE MEDUSA, JULF. So, it may be that Detweiler has finally gone too far, at least with his an12070 account. Get ready for other accounts, and perhaps better forgeries--as perhaps Greg Broiles has already seen. I know I should be PGP-signing all my posts and e-mail but, frankly, it's too much of a hassle. I typically read my mail and Usenet over a dial-up line from my Mac at home to a Netcom machine, so signing my messages with MacPGP (I don't trust using PGP on Netcom per se) involves downloading the message, signing it, and then uploading it....a major delay and hassle. However, should the forgeries escalate, I may have to. Or at least consider installing a lower-grade PGP in my Netcom account and using that for on-line signings. Any incorporation of PGP into Elm yet? Interesting times we live in. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power:2**859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available.