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From: jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Net userid forgery
Message-ID: <441@minya.UUCP>
Date: 25 Dec 87 17:56:50 GMT
References: <1574@bsu-cs.UUCP> <7535@elsie.UUCP> <8030@ism780c.UUCP> <597@acer.stl.stc.co.uk>
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Summary: How do I do it?

In article <597@acer.stl.stc.co.uk>, dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) writes:
> In article <424@minya.UUCP> jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
> #Most people in the business world consider it totally normal for a secretary 
> #to heavily edit a boss's mailings, ... putting the boss's name on the whole thing.
> 
> But before posting, either the boss reads, agrees and signs it, or if the
> secretary sends it out without the boss seeing it first the secretary will
> sign it 'pp' ("per pro", on behalf of)  the nominal originator.    
> So there should be no confusion as to who actually posted the letter,
> and no question of "forgery".

Sure; we all know this.  But people have been saying that such "forgery"
is wrong.  If so, then a lot of secretaries are criminals.

> Usenet is used for different purposes to the standard business letter,

Yup, but there's this big market out there...

> but a near equivalent practice would be TWO headings, one showing the
> account the msg is posted from (unalterable except with root priv's),

Good idea; how do I do it?  Does the current news B release support 
it? Do sendmail, smail, mh, or any other email packages support it? 
How about all those mailers out there that shoot down any header lines 
("Really-From:", "Zippy-Says:", etc.) that they don't recognize?  Is 
there any reliable way of including a per pro line in current email? 
Or is this universally considered forgery?

-- 
John Chambers <{adelie,ima,maynard,mit-eddie}!minya!{jc,root}> (617/484-6393)