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Rampage against comp.sys.misc

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From: michael a. gray
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 13:15
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News received several cancel control messages, which is normal,
but 72 of them are noticably bogus.
Below are the lines all 72 messages have in common.
(Yes, all 72 messages have the same date.)

    >Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,control
    >From: someone@somewhere
    >Date: 28 Oct 92 17:27:29 GMT

    >Why do people crosspost into world-wide groups and general :-(

This seems to be the common path for all received messages.

     ...!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de!tubsibr!somewhere!someone

The hacked message-ids;  gaps in the numbering sequence are
probably botched messages or ones news has not received.

    > Message-ID: <-99.somone@somwhere>
    > Message-ID: <2.someone@somewhere.edu>
    > Message-ID: <8.somone@somwhere>
                   8-33, 60-63, 65-71, 81-106, 108-115
    > Message-ID: <115.somone@somwhere>

Here are the sorted cancels.

    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct1.180013.21499@cs.ucla.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct16.174630.25555@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct16.214456.14563@cs.brown.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct17.085226.7827@spdc.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct17.180228.12111@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct17.204114.1641@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct17.204509.26640@cs.ucla.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct17.221652.10609@sol.UVic.CA>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct18.015846.22521@bilver.uucp>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct19.135208.13734@tellab5.tellabs.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct19.135658.7001@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct19.191510.13544@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct20.060631.1840@tfs.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct20.143412.6490@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.152424.8960@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.152822.9127@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.153538.9432@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.162922.16681@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.181916.13934@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.193109.14521@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.201938.16202@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct21.215733.1941@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.133511.5577@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.135822.22621@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.154020.18807@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.181530.16651@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.193123.21436@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.203826.12459@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.215201.24390@col.hp.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct22.225021.14299@druid.uucp>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct23.001956.21452@nosc.mil>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct23.135019.22806@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct23.160424.25704@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct23.210000.3647@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct24.053937.24822@mcs.kent.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct26.075112.21375@pony.Ingres.COM>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct26.122418.668@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct26.150123.28334@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct27.142825.21444@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct27.145833.21909@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct27.150024.14482@tellab5.tellabs.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct27.170459.20474@feline.uucp>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.005511.20489@cs.ucla.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.124415.8113@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.140502.24469@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.164832.26971@newstand.syr.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.171558.2977@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.172137.3095@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.191402.5460@NeoSoft.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.193333.14756@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.194329.26387@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct28.201756.15693@cc.gatech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct29.053324.22874@cs.UAlberta.CA>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct29.054337.7414@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct29.054507.7508@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct29.054912.7632@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct29.055306.7808@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct29.055828.7895@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
    > Control: cancel  <1992Oct3.101140.22374@tpts1.seed.net.tw>
    > Control: cancel  <19OCT199212032928@sscvx1.ssc.gov>
    > Control: cancel  <1bua43INNdmt@neuro.usc.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1bus7aINNrd@uwm.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1bvut4INNrsb@gap.caltech.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1c1io6INNjf1@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
    > Control: cancel  <1c6ngnINNbke@uwm.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <1c70ipINNd9t@uwm.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <29OCT199210063578@vxcrna.cern.ch>
    > Control: cancel  <BwAy8C.z0@rice.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <BwFHLD.Eor@rice.edu>
    > Control: cancel  <BwFutu.8F8@apollo.hp.com>
    > Control: cancel  <schrodt.719776989@neurotic>
    > Control: cancel <1992Oct28.101059.24900@newstand.syr.edu>

-- 
    it's 4:09 in the morning, do you know   |   michael a. gray
          where your child processes are?   |   guardian@pouring.rain.com
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From: guardian@pouring.rain.com (michael a. gray)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Rampage against comp.sys.misc
Message-ID: <1992Oct31.131513.19644@pouring.rain.com>
Date: 31 Oct 92 13:15:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: pouring.1992Oct31.131513.19644
Sender: guardian@pouring.rain.com (michael a. gray)
Organization: The Lemniscate Foundation
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