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Article #4019Can mail be accepted where it isn't sent?
From: Dan Berleant
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1987 07:38
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1987 07:38
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O.k. electronic detectives! Recently in one of the newsgroups
someone posted a message which was considered inappropriate by
many who probably flamed him in a big way. He followed up with
an apology, claiming that:
1) He received a copy of someone else's posting, but by email.
2) He sent a personal reply in response.
3) His response ended up posted in the newsgroup.
He accused his intended recipient of posting it (unlikely). His
intended recipient said he never sent him any copy and accused
him of ...
OK, you get the idea. The question is, what really happened?
Can a mailer mess things up by accident? Could a 3rd party
send someone a message with an edited header that would route
a reply to some other location? In short, what gives?!?
thanks,
Dan Berleant
UUCP: {gatech,ucbvax,ihnp4,seismo,kpno,ctvax}!ut-sally!berleant
ARPA: ai.berleant@r20.utexas.edu
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!berleant From: berleant@ut-sally.UUCP (Dan Berleant) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Can mail be accepted where it isn't sent? Message-ID: <6794@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 02:38:50 EST Article-I.D.: ut-sally.6794 Posted: Thu Jan 8 02:38:50 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 05:42:31 EST Reply-To: berleant@ut-sally.UUCP (Dan Berleant) Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 20 Summary: Personal email accidentally posted to newsgroup?