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Re: magazine ads - account closed

From: "Karen L. Newcombe" <kln@crl.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:58:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: magazine ads - account closed
To: love-hounds@uunet.uu.net
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This message came to me from the postmaster at panix.com where the 
offending messages were originating.  Of course, the jerks doing this 
will just open a new account somewhere.  Hopefully their names will get 
out and no-one will give them an account.

>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 18:29:57 -0400 (EDT)
>From: S. Nass/PANIX <sn@panix.com>
>To: "Karen L. Newcombe" <kln@crl.com>
>Cc: postmaster@panix.com
>Subject: Re: Commercial messages from your location

>We've since closed that person's account as a result. Thanks for
>writing. -S.


Karen L. Newcombe wrote:
>Someone using the return address "jta@panix.com" has been posting lengthy 
>commercial messages to the Usenet group rec.music.gaffa running to some 30
>full screens of magazine listings. 
>
>This is about the fifth time in two months we've been bombarded with this 
>stuff.  The folks sending this message are also using false return 
>addresses at universities and other organizations, which borders on fraud.
>
>They give the following addresses in their message:
>salro@nd.edu which is a false address,
>
>and
>
>salro@amanda.dorsai.org, also a false address.
>
>
>If you are interested I will forward the entire content of the offending
>advertisement to you.  You might be able to figure out who is hiding
>behind your system and stop them. 
>
>Thanks, Karen Newcombe kln@crl.com