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From: Anton Sherwood
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00
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I bet you're aware of the "magazine club" spams that Kevin Lipsitz has repeatedly inflicted since late last summer on every list in sight. I respond to nearly each one, with mail (brief) and faxes (not always so brief). Kevin never responded to me until this Saturday, when he ran out of patience: he put my name on a piece sent to three or four lists, and I received an anonymous telephone call full of veiled threats. (I'll send you the transcript on request, or you can read my longer account in news.admin.net-abuse.misc.) My story got the attention of someone in Washington, who likewise was "framed" for a KrazyKev spam. (He thinks it especially heinous to forge a .gov address; I forgive him.) He's eager to see what he can do to put Kevin out of business; he means to contact the FBI -- and Al Gore's office. The threat to "go after you" from New York to California is grounds for FBI action, but gee whiz, they're far from my first choice of allies! Just how much do I want to cooperate? Would I rather just borrow a friend's cannon for awhile, and tell the baby-burners to buzz off? What if Gore tries to make me his poster-boy for a campaign to stamp out the pirates of Cyberspace? Anton Sherwood *\\* +1 415 267 0685 *\\* DASher@netcom.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdeb7,5743af6c5a6a84bd,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfdeb7,public From: Anton Sherwood <dasher@NETCOM.COM> Subject: strange bedfellows Date: 1996/02/13 Message-ID: <199602140720.XAA07754@netcom22.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 139299580 sender: Extropians - discussion/development of Extropian ideas comments: cc: "George L. O'Brien" <Obie602@aol.com>, newsgroups: bit.listserv.xtropy-l