spok@gs6.sp.cs.cmu.edu (John Ockerbloom) (09/30/89)
A few days ago, a blank article with this signature appeared on rec.arts.misc: >--+--+ +------+ Internet: Steve.Saroff.lac00001@tlsi.FIDONET.ORG > | | | | UUCP : ...!attctc!tlsi!Steve.Saroff.lac00001 > | | +---+ | Note : TLSI is a FREE gateway for mail between > | | | | : Usenet and Fidonet. For more informations > + +----+---+ + : write to root@tlsi or attctc!tlsi!root >TLSI: The Hard Drive Specialists - (214) 263-0707. We repair most brands. Steve Saroff later wrote back that he had not posted it and had no knowledge of who had. Just now, a similar article attributed to Charley Wingate (normally mangoe@mimsy.umd.edu) appeared on talk.religion.misc: [blank body] >--+--+ +------+ Internet: Charley.Wingate@tlsi.FIDONET.ORG > | | | | UUCP : ...!attctc!tlsi!Charley.Wingate > | | +---+ | Note : TLSI is a FREE gateway for mail between > | | | | : Usenet and Fidonet. For more informations > + +----+---+ + : write to root@tlsi or attctc!tlsi!root >TLSI: The Hard Drive Specialists - (214) 263-0707. We repair most brands. Anybody from TLSI (or who knows the origins of these posts) want to explain what's going on? John Ockerbloom -- ========================================================================== ockerbloom@cs.cmu.edu ...!uunet!cs.cmu.edu!ockerbloom ocker@yalecs.bitnet (forwarded) 4209 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh PA 15217
jeffw@midas.WR.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow) (09/30/89)
You're lucky. It's probably just somebody's software spewing random things it shouldn't. Don't get excited until they come with a body declaring "I am an idiot". Forgeries, foo. Don't be so paranoid. Jeff Winslow