telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (08/31/89)
Readers of the Digest via 'comp.dcom.telecom' on Usenet may have seen a bogus, disruptive posting made direct to the group yesterday (or today) by Rick Adams of UUNET. I've received some complaints from readers who read it, and were annoyed by its appearance. He had sent a message to the Digest, and it was one of the tiny, tiny number of messages which cannot be used. In this case, the message included a flame which was calculated to create discontent and arguing. The message was returned to him with a suggestion that if he would remove the single line which constituted the flame, the remainder would be published promptly, since it contained information about the provision of calling numbers to 800 service subscribers of Sprint. Instead, he chose to continue the attack by unethically posting direct to comp.dcom.telecom. Please accept my apologies for the disruption. I have sent correspondence to the site administrator at UUNET and also to Chip Rosenthal, manager of the TELECOM Digest/Usenet gateway, asking them to discuss the matter with Rick Adams and request that he not do this again. Patrick Townson