[comp.society.futures] Network Violence

bzs@pinocchio.encore.com (Barry Shein) (01/16/89)

Steve Jackson at BYUETIBM.BITNET (I assume that's Brigham Young
University?)  decided he didn't want a mailing list address forwarded
through his system anymore.

Rather than requesting some change he simply began forwarding every
message back to the entire INFO-FUTURES list (around 250 people plus
USENET.) I am attempting to get information from him to find this
entry since it's not at all obvious which one needs to be changed.

I would suggest removing any address referencing BYUTEIBM.BITNET from
all mailing lists until this organization can assure the network that
responsible administration has been restored to this node (not to
mention saving yourself from this kind of abuse.)

In fact, being as BYUTEIBM does not appear anywhere in my mailing list
it might simply be BITNET's own internal choice of routing which is
causing this problem, very disturbing.

Attached is an interchange with him which should make clear his
purely malicious intentions...

	-Barry Shein

From: BYUETIBM.BITNET!SEJ@talcott.harvard.edu
Date:         Sat, 14 Jan 89 16:31:06 MST
Subject:      Re: Undelivered mail
To: <encore!pinocchio!bzs@harvunxw.BITNET>
In-Reply-To:  Your message of Sat, 14 Jan 89 16:25:21 MST

>
>
>What's going on here? Why is this list receiving these Resent-From:'s
>which seem to be from you? Please explain.
>
>        -Barry Shein

They end up dropping into my system punch queue and I just want
someone to change the routing that they take!  I get alot of them
and don't want them anymore.


Steve Jackson