On Wed, 19 Jul 1995, Lee Silverman wrote:
 
> This message is being sent to the listserv listowner's mailing list, and to
> the addresses listed in the SOA records for Brigham Young University and
> University of Utah.
>
> About one month ago, someone began forging posts to every listserv mailing
> list in existence, promising the placement of romance ads in Russian
> newspapers in return for US cash.  I, as well as other listowners, believe
> that this is a scam, and even if it is not, it is certainly a huge abuse of
> the internet and a waste of listserv list owners' time.
>
> My efforts to trace this person ended at utah.edu, when I sent a message to
> the postmaster there and received no response.  Now that a second message
> has been posted, I think that it is high time that people from BYU and
> Utah.edu got involved in order to stop these postings.  Presumably, these
> abuses are in violation of the terms of BYU and Utah's internet provider,
> Sprintlink, and so I think it is very much in their interest to put a halt
> to these postings if they are coming from within their domain, or at least
> to help in the investigation to help pin down the perpetrator.
>
> This last batch of messages was posted from the clearly forged address
> [log in to unmask]  I will quote from the end of the posting:
 
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  We, the University of Utah, have been doing everything we can to
  prevent any open labs on campus the ability to cause the problem
  you mention.  We also believe we have discovered the person
  responsible for the recent spammings.   The case is now being
  handled by the Campus Police.
 
  Should you see any more problems please let me know.
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