Mail bombs from "helpful" Cypherpunks

Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Mon May 19 06:17:33 PDT 1997


Tim May <tcmay at got.net> writes:

> (I was locked out of getting my mail tonight for more than an hour, when a
> member of the Cypherpunks list _mailed_ me a several-megabyte file without
> asking first. As I explain in my message to Steve Schear, I have no way of
> removing such "mail bombs" with my Eudora/POP system until they have been
> downloaded to my machine (I don't have a shell account anymore). I suppose
> by admitting this I am opening myself to being mailbombed by Dmitri V.,
> Vladimir N, and my other Russian (or ersatz Russian) enemies.)

Idiot - why would I want to do that?

Idiot - tell your POP client not to download files > certain size.

Idiot - get your shell account back.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps







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