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/usr/lib/newsbin/ctl/newgroup: `[email protected] (Math Department)' tried (fwd)



You may be interested in this recent attempt to create a bogus newsgroup,
especially if you've been following recent discussion in sci.crypt.

Regards,

Mark.

According to [email protected]....
> From dis.demon.co.uk!news Fri Jan 15 00:38:27 1993
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: /usr/lib/newsbin/ctl/newgroup: `[email protected] (Math Department)' tried
> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 93 0:33:57 GMT
> From: [email protected]
> Sender: [email protected]
> Message-ID:  <[email protected]>
> 
> /usr/lib/newsbin/ctl/newgroup: `[email protected] (Math Department)' tried
> to create newsgroup `alt.fan.david-sternlight'.
> Request was refused:  component exceeds 14 characters.
> ===
> Control: newgroup alt.fan.david-sternlight
> Newsgroups: alt.fan.david-sternlight.ctl,control
> Path: demon!pipex!bnr.co.uk!bnrgate!nott!torn!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!lkdfjilu!sternlight.com!nobody
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: newgroup alt.fan.david-sternlight
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Sender: [email protected] (Math Department)
> Organization: J. Random Site
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 20:14:32 GMT
> Approved: news
> Lines: 21
> 
> 
> one mo' time...
> 
> For your newsgroups file:                                            
> alt.fan.david-sternlight David Sternlight, sci.crypt crusader
> 
> 
> This group is designed for the praise of the wit and wisdom of our
> leader, David Sternlight, the man battling the evil use of
> cryptography wherever it may lie.
> 
> The group is being created entirely for the use of the David
> Sternlight Fanclub, which holds the patent on this newsgroup and would
> be forced to sue if anyone else tried to use it. Indeed, we would be
> disgusted by the implicit lack of respect for intellectual property.
> Also, this newsgroup may not be imported or exported from any eastern
> block country in contravention of the ITARs.
>  
> Thank you,
> 
> The David Sternlight Fanclub
> ===

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