Why I'm No Longer on the Grumman GangJoe Campbell |
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| On
6June2003, I was
banished from the Grumman Gang by the list's owner/administrator Mark Matthews for the benevolent act of posting
a message warning members that they
were likely victims of the Bugbear virus, a virus that replicates itself by sending to
everyone in the victim's address book an email containing itself (in the
form of a .SCR attachment). Therefore, the
bogus email arrives as a legitimate-looking RE: to a past G-G email, bearing
the victim's (i.e., the sender's) name in the From field, but with a bogus
return address.
When I posted the message the first time, it was rejected by the list server because it contained the word 'virus' in the subject. The server message warned that since it was not possible to receive a virus in Grumman Gang email, such warnings were unnecessary, repetitive, and therefore off-topic. Because this was manifestly not the topic of my email, I without hesitation respelled the word virus as 'v-i-r-u-s' and resubmitted it. When I reposted my message, I noted that I had received forged email from Ron Levy and Robert Gresli (I eventually received fifteen such emails) regarding the dorsal fin of a Traveler. Many others had received these emails too, and several promptly replied publicly to my message on the Grumman Gang. Matthews immediately unsubscribed me as well as everyone who publicly responded. Others were allowed to re-subscribe by showing contrition; I was permanently banished. Read on. |
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| Joe Campbell N4524P at (HWD) Berkeley, CA |
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