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From: fair@styx.UUCP (Erik E. Fair)
Newsgroups: net.news.sa
Subject: Re: phoney addresses, can they be tracked?
Message-ID: <20557@styx.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Apr-86 21:05:34 EST
Article-I.D.: styx.20557
Posted: Tue Apr  8 21:05:34 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Apr-86 07:54:42 EST
References: <134@gilbbs.UUCP> <66@comp.lancs.ac.uk> <6567@utzoo.UUCP>
Organization: Larry's Liver Lab, State of Confusion, U.S.A.
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Summary: no

The bottom line is: there is no user authentication in either of
netnews or electronic mail, as we know them.

(but don't forget: neither is there any authentication in the world
Postal System...)

	Yow! Are we paranoid yet?

	Erik E. Fair	styx!fair	fair@lll-tis-b.arpa