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Re: e-mail accusing you of internet terrorism?

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From: Colin R. Leech
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 00:00
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Another followup from uw.general:

Adrian Pepper (arpepper@math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
> cumeyer@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (chris meyer) wrote,
>  in article <EEstHF.7v4@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>:
>>I was one of the lucky recipients of that e-mail.  Have some fun and visit
>>http://www.dejanews.com and do a search on the lawyer's e-mail address: 
>>khskllp@aol.com.  See how upset some of the other recipients are! 
>>
>>Staying on topic, there is an online coalition against spam.  You can
>>check out there homepage at http://www.cauce.org/.  chris
> 
> See also:
> 
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/5967.html
> 
> This URL was e-mailed to me by a representative of AOL in response to
> my notification to them of the spammed message.  The AOL account was
> only marginally involved, and, it seems, now, without the account
> owner's consent.  That is, it seems that the address of the law firm,
> and their AOL e-mail address are both legitimate, and the firm does
> represent Samsung, but neither they nor Samsung had anything to do with
> originating any of the spam.
> 
> A quick check of the "Cease and Desist" message (now affectionately
> referred to by many as the "C&D message") revealed four concrete points
> which suggested to me that it had not been composed by a legal office.
> However, I am not a lawyer, so I could have been mistaken.
> 
> 
> Adrian Pepper
> arpepper@math.uwaterloo.ca


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From: ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech)
Subject: Re: e-mail accusing you of internet terrorism?
Date: 1997/08/13
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