Mario, alas, it is the same net.kook from HISTARCH. After being booted off my list, he disappeared for awhile and then showed up on the anthropology and archaeology lists (ANTHRO-L and ARCH-L). The listowner of ANTHRO-L finally booted him off there after continued offenses, he was kicked off ARTIFACT, and other lists threatened to go to a moderated format. The net.kook's university pulled his accounts in mid-April. This didn't stop him in the slightest. He signed up to a commercial provider and carried on with his threats of litigation, and trying to wreck my reputation wherever he could (including on lists that I am not subscribed to). Unfortunately, due to probable pressure from the net.kook (I'm sure that he screamed about his First Amendment rights), the university reinstated his accounts, and one of his first notes was to accuse me of various crimes against him. The final straw came last week. The net.kook issued an ultimatum to me and my university. He ordered me to "unrigg" my computer to allow him access to my three lists (only two of the lists are set up to reject him), or else. His exact words were "You can do this the easy way or the hard way". That did it. I have notified the university's General Counsel and supplied them with all the documentation (carefully kept in a series of files entitled "Jerk"). I am also working with our police to press charges of harrassment. I will keep everyone informed of what happens. Someone forwarded to me the AUP (Authorized Use Policy) from the net.kook's university. One of the offenses clearly noted is no harrassment of other users. I have notified the postmaster at that university and sent him a copy of the ultimatum. The person wrote back, and seems to claim that the note was simply annoying rather than threatening. Fortunately, the ASU lawyer agreed with me that it was a direct threat. Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD, SUB-ARCH