I explained to a list manager about our problems regarding the source of SQUISH and the system administrator that does not respond to requests to deal with the problem.

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Do you mind if I forward the above message to the cyperpunks list? Or would you be willing to do so yourself?

Sure. I don't have ready access to Usenet, so feel free to post my comments. BTW, I found two typos in my original message, so below I copy a revised version.

-- Roger rburns@cap.gwu.edu

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Thank you for response. If I may give some unsolicited advice, I would take a "Margaret Thatcher" approach to the postmaster who is allowing this problem to fester.

I would (1) trace down his office phone number (through nic whois or nslookup or whatever) and ring him up and explain that allowing abuse of the Internet is an abrogation of his company's contract for obtaining an Internet connection, and that if he doesn't consent to handling this problem appropriately, you will seek to have his company disconnected from Internet based on that abrogation.

If he doesn't succumb to that threat, I would then (2) phone thru his company's main switchboard and ask to be connected to the postmaster's boss, and explain to the boss that you will be seeking to have his company's Internet connection ended due to the postmaster's irresponsibility in allowing an unstable person to wreak havoc on the worldwide computer network community.

Now while it might be a pain to actually follow through on this threat, if you put enough of a poker face on what you say, the bluff might very well be enough at either step 1 or step 2.

Good luck! And I hope I don't have to deal with this problem! (But if I do, I've outlined how I will proceed.)

-- Roger Burns rburns@cap.gwu.edu

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