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From: schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
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Subject: Re: Forging Mail (was Re: Warning - stupid questions ahead...)
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Date: 18 Apr 91 00:23:58 GMT
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jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
   It's true that new users often assume that mail is secure because
   they are never told otherwise. 

They assume this because system administrators run around screaming
about security all the time.