grr@cbmvax.UUCP (05/03/86)
We have recently received dozens of postings, in various groups, aparently
from an Unknown user at hplabs. All postings contain zero lines, and also
seem to have bogus Message-ID lines, ie they look like reference lines.
Could somebody near or at hplabs look into this? It looks like sick software,
a confused user, or a brain damaged gateway...
Sample posting:
X From caip!lll-crg!lll-lcc!well!hplabs!Unknown Fri May 2 18:40:04 EDT 1986
X Relay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP
X Path: cbmvax!caip!lll-crg!lll-lcc!well!hplabs!Unknown
X >From: Unknown@hplabs.UUCP
X Newsgroups: net.sources
X Subject: Response to <2453@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1832@cuae2.UUCP>
X Message-ID: <2453@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1832@cuae2.UUCP>
X Date: 29 Apr 86 13:18:46 GMT
X Date-Received: 2 May 86 16:24:52 GMT
X Lines: 0
X
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George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)wunder@hpcea.HP (Walter R. Underwood) (05/21/86)
> / hpcea:net.news.adm / grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) / > / 3:52 pm May 2, 1986 / > We have recently received dozens of postings, in various groups, aparently > from an Unknown user at hplabs. All postings contain zero lines, and also > seem to have bogus Message-ID lines, ie they look like reference lines. Why yes, they do look like reference lines, don't they ... I was teaching Notes to read the reference line and all hell broke loose. There should be comparatively few messages with multiple message-ID's, but most of those got out. The zero-length messages with normal message-ID's were mostly caught at hplabs before they went out (thanks, Greg). Some of these messages will have a few garbage characters in the text. These appear to have been added inside the News code. You may delete all messages that are "From: hpcea!Unknown" (perhaps with an at-sign address instead of the banglist, or maybe just "Unknown"). The presence of "Unknown" in the "From:" line is the only reliable way to tell which messages are garbage. My apologies to the news admins across the world. Walter Underwood hplabs!hpcea!wunder, or wunder@hplabs.CSNET