On Fri, 7 Jul 1995 09:52:26 EDT Barbara Weitbrecht, Smithsonian said:
>Last night I received five subscriptions to my (normally very quiet)
>AEROSP-L list, from different nodes but with suspiciously similar
>and fictitious-sounding names:
>
>[log in to unmask]                              Mr Vortex
>[log in to unmask]                 Mr Stumble
>[log in to unmask]                          Mr Nimbus
>[log in to unmask]                          Mr Fiend
>[log in to unmask]                    Mr Sheik
>
>"Mr. Stumble" also apparently subscribed to my NASMNEWS list, and was
>auto-deleted as an unknown user.
>
>Does anyone recognize this pattern?  Am I being set up for some
>kind of spam or flame war?  Given the current controversies surrounding
>our museum, I'm feeling just a little nervous about these subscriptions.
>
>--
>Barbara Weitbrecht
>National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Yes, overnight these names subscribed to the Bayou Area Government Documents
Discussion Group (BAYOUDOC@LATECH).  I started to delete them but have not
done so yet.  BAYOUDOC has only 40 subscribers and is mostly Louisiana
librarians.
 
Stephen Henson (owner: BAYOUDOC@LATECH)
 
 
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