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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: PRODIGY
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Date: 5 May 91 07:45:34 GMT
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In-Reply-To: MLLERN01@ULKYVX.BITNET's message of 4 May 91 05:56:00 GMT


  I would encourage anyone who wishes to participate in this
discussion to read the recent issues of the "Risks Digest," which have
discussed in detail the allegations against Prodigy.

  "Risks" is accessible in the comp.risks newsgroup, or you can get it
via anonymous ftp:

 For
 vol i issue j, type "FTP CRVAX.SRI.COM<CR>login anonymous<CR>AnyNonNullPW<CR>
 CD RISKS:<CR>GET RISKS-i.j<CR>" (where i=1 to 11, j always TWO digits).  Vol i
 summaries in j=00; "dir risks-*.*<CR>" gives directory; "bye<CR>" logs out.
 <CR>=CarriageReturn; FTPs may differ; UNIX prompts for username, password.
 If you cannot access "CRVAX.SRI.COM", try Internet address "128.18.10.1".

The relevant issues are 56, 57, 59, 61 and possibly 60, in Volume 11
of the Digest.

  Furthermore, the issue has been under discussion in the
comp.dcom.telecom newsgroup.

  Please don't spread rumors, folks.  Try to find out the facts before
posting about how evil Prodigy is.  I don't like them either, but I
don't think they should be smeared.

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