Dear LSTOWN-L readers, Following Melvin Klassen's reaction to Mr Gomide and the receipt of Mr Gomide's statement on Biomch-L while Prof. Gelson's original posting had *not* been posted to my list, I sent a note to Mr Gomide. Below is part of his reply and my comment. While private notes should not be published without the author's consent, I think that the present issue overrides his copyright. hjw --------------------------------------------------------------- From: KUNPV1::WOLTRING "H.J. Woltring, fax/tel +31.40.413 744" Date: 29-SEP-1992 05:48:17.67 MET To: IN%"GOMIDE@BRFAPQ" CC: WOLTRING Subj: RE: Crime and Punishment ... > Received: Tue, 29 Sep 92 01:26 MET > Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 19:51 -0300 > From: Alberto Courrege Gomide <GOMIDE@BRFAPQ> > Subject: RE: Crime and Punishment ... > Original_To: Jnet%"[log in to unmask]" > > ( ... ) > > Moreover, many people are answering with "I sent the money!" - the > fact that mail to <gelson> is bouncing may discourage some of them. > > Yours, > Alberto Gomide. Thanks for the above. As regards the latter point, this can be addressed by simply issueing a new, different user_id to Prof. Gelson? Also, the fact that many people are, indeed, paying up does suggest to me that many respon- dents don't think that he went out of bounds. If his intents were non-commer- cial, I find it difficult to see how he offended CREN / EARN rules as put forward in, e.g., file CONDUCT CODE at [log in to unmask] -- perhaps except for generating too much network traffic? I trust that you'll take a wise decision. Herman J. Woltring.