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From: "boba" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Parkinson's Information Exchange" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Junk mail\ forged addresses Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 22:02:02 -0400 There are programs available to cut out junk mail or spamming. try http://greatcircle.com and http://www.icgroup.com they apparently have programs that screen your mail I've been lurking here for a couple of months - decided to put in 2 cents worth about the junk mail. I'm a CG my wife has PD. She is 77/20 Bob Anibal - [log in to unmask] ---------- > From: William Levinson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Junk mail\ forged addresses > Date: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 8:28 PM > > >Lisa, more likely than not, that may be some kind of system > >problem, rather than a personal attempt to harass you. When I > >think of an email bombing, I picture the ones I've had dumped on > >me that were 2000 and 2800 emails respectively... all requiring > >deletion and taking many hours to download. Each contained the > >same smut, AND each was lists as being SENT BY * ME* TO ME!! In > >other words, there's software out there available to the average > >hacker-type which will rob you of your private email account name > >and enable that hacker to send messages - including pornographic > >ones, to ANYONE on the Internet, under YOUR name! How do ya like > >THEM apples? > > >Barb Mallut > > Barb, > > I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect that sending offensive E-mail > (especially pornography) under someone else's E-mail I.D. > would constitute libel/ defamation of character. If someone > did this with my E-mail I.D., I would sue them... and a > conviction for libel can be VERY expensive. > > If someone is harassing you as you describe, their service > provider would be well advised to cancel his account before > they become an accessory... these mailings ARE probably > traceable to the internet service provider at which they > originated. > > -Bill