newsadm@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (System News Administrator) (08/28/89)
In a recent article a concerned user writes: =>chguest@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov writes: => =>>How can you get someone banned from the net? => =>The better thing to do, my friend, is to use that wonderful and =>fascistically efficient thing known as the KILL FILE. => Thank you for the concern about the good of the net as it had to do with some recent postings that came across on the chguest@pioneer id. These postings were without a doubt forged by persons that as yet have not officially been identified. Mr. Guest was in no way responsible for this thoughtless and irresponsible use of the net and has posted an article that explains this to the affected newsgroups. We have included the text of this message as a trailer to this article. If you are a sysadmin or postmaster at your site we would appreciate your help in tracking down the person or persons responsible for taking this action. We have ruled out tampering by persons at this site and are looking into other avenues to find more certain proof of the identities of the guilty parties. Thank You For Your Concern, System News Administration newsadm@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov sun!ames!pioneer!newsadm =========================================================================== From: chguest@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov Subject: Forgeries in my name. (details and disclaimer) Articles with the following titles were recently posted to the net in my name. They are without question forgeries and I would like to stop the flame war generated by them while it is still possible to do so. Articles: Quick Question Newsreader Problem Mail Address Question Joke Messages C Question New Group Banishment These articles were posted on Aug. 2, 1989 from an as yet undetermined source. They were probably in response to a stance I took on the deletion of one of the newsgroups, (as proposed by another net admin). The crossposts were to groups that I don't read and about personalities on the net with whom I am not acquainted. (Among them were Dennis Richey and Mark Smith). To those people.... I am sorry that you got swept into a flame war with my by someone who did not have the writing ability to dirctly discuss the issues at hand. I was not responsible for the juvenile jibes against you and I do not support them. To the rest of the net I hope that someday we will find ways to track down the forgeries the way they were done here but until that time we will have to put up with the antics of those among us who are too immature to contain themselves in a suposedly adult setting. Thank You For your Time, Charles Guest PS: I want to thank Carl S. Gutekunst and Chip Rosenthal for standing up and saying that these were forgeries while I was off AND for e-mailing me to let me know that this garbage was going on. As Carl said we have had our differences but stooping this low over a topic such as rmgrouping is just a little below our level here. ==========================end included message==================== + *READ* ---> The opinions expressed above are to the best of my knowledge, + + however all options should be discussed with persons who have professional+ + training with the subjects covered here. * ALL POSSIBLE DISCLAIMERS APPLY!+ +===>FROM: newsadm@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov Pioneer's USENET ADMINISTRATOR +