defense against impugning of character?

[Cecilia Tanaka]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Fishy <itookthebait at memeware.net> wrote:
>> Johnny Eric Williams johnny.williams at trincoll.edu
>> Wed Jun 21 23:50:54 PDT 2017

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I'm still waiting for a confirmation of the original message's
authenticity.  Some hours ago, contacted directly Mr. Williams in
private.

c.