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From: dpw@unisec.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Response to abusive email.
Message-ID: <519@unisec.usi.com>
Date: Tue, 19-May-87 20:49:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: unisec.519
Posted: Tue May 19 20:49:09 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 21-May-87 04:35:42 EDT
References: <365@dasys1.UUCP> <6278@reed.UUCP> <489@gryphon.CTS.COM> <511@unisec.usi.com> <412@dasys1.UUCP>
Reply-To: dpw@unisec.USI.COM (Darryl P. Wagoner)
Organization: UniSecure Systems, Inc. Newport, RI
Lines: 35
Keywords: fascist

In article <412@dasys1.UUCP> msmith@dasys1.UUCP (Mark E. Smith) writes:
>In article <511@unisec.usi.com>, dpw@unisec.usi.com (Darryl P. Wagoner) writes:
>> on your machine.  If a system administrator allows a person to
>> post an article from his machine without at least sending out a cancel
>> message then that SA has a problem.  
>> 
>
>What?  Would you explain that?
>
>Do you mean Ann's sysop, Reed College at the time, is liable for
>letting Ann post that original libellous and defamatory article about
>me, to which I did not respond with flames but merely asked why I was
>being publicly libelled and defamed?
>

What I meant was that the owner of the system can be sued for libel
if the administrator doesn't take reasonable care to insure that a libelous
statement is not generated and propagated from their system.  I am not
attempting to pass judgement on Mark's or Ann's actions.  I will not
comment of the remainder of Mark's article because it doesn't belong
in this news group.

A hint for News Admin's; if you put a line in your /usr/lib/news/sys like:

localgen:world,na,usa,comp,news,soc,talk,sci,rec,local,ne:L: /bin/mail root

you can keep a closer eye on what is going out of your machine without
having to read every news group.


-- 
Darryl Wagoner			
UniSecure Systems, Inc.; 		dpw@unisec.usi.com
Newport,  RI; (401)-849-0857 
UUCP:  {gatech|mirror|cbosgd|uiucdcs|ihnp4}!rayssd!unisec!dpw