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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: Re: C0WABUNGA!!
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Date: 6 Jun 90 21:20:39 GMT
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In article <26270011@hpclscu.HP.COM>, shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar
Unni) writes:
|> Well, he was kind enough to include a "Reply-To:" in the message header, so
|> go ahead:
|> 
|>    Reply-To: jnk@psuvm.psu.edu

  Please DO NOT assume that an individual named in the "Reply-To" field
of a BIFF forgery is the real poster of the message.

  BIFF forged hundreds of messages in a very short period of time, and
used SEVERAL DIFFERENT REPLY-TO ADDRESSES in those messages.

  This implies rather clearly that he was trying to spread the blame
around, and that in fact the Reply-To addresses were, like the rest of
the messages, forged.

  Please do not flame innocent people for something they most likely did
not do.

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