Path: news.eff.org!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!news.abs.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!agate!boulder!ucsub.Colorado.EDU!peterson From: peterson@ucsub.Colorado.EDU (Peterson Penny) Newsgroups: alt.privacy Subject: Email Robot draws fire from CypherPunkz Date: 12 Sep 96 02:57:19 GMT Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder Lines: 11 Message-ID: <peterson.842497039@ucsub.Colorado.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsub.colorado.edu NNTP-Posting-User: peterson X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #8 (NOV) The Cypherpunks gang has apparently attacked a San Francisco artist's www site, harrassing him and mail-bombing his service provider in an attempt to get him to drop the account. The Cpunks objected to an applett that this artist had on one of his pages that would send a mail greeting to people who had a *mail-to:* button on their www pages. This greeting consisted of his URL only and went through an anon remailer. More info and a sample of the email robot can be found at: http://www.hipcrime.com -- // declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //