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From: ain@s.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Virus via PD programs
Message-ID: <1904@s.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 11 Jan 88 20:34:41 GMT
References: <602@inria.UUCP>
Reply-To: ain@s.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Patrick White)
Organization: PUCC Land, USA
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In article <602@inria.UUCP> rouaix@inria.UUCP (Francois Rouaix) writes:
>Same for programs in comp.binaries.amiga. You know their origin. (We suppose
>here the net is quite safe, since the moderators send Acknowledge message, so
>the origin adress may not be counterfeited).

   Not necessarily.  Sometimes we get sent things that somebody downloaded
from a BBS.
   If the author has an electronic address, we try to reach them, but,
realizing that people move, this isn't always possible.  Also, there are
some people without electronic addresses.  If I can, I will try to call
them on the phone (assuming a phone number is given), but even this isn't
always possible for me financialy (eg: we have a program written in France
and the author dosen't have an e-mail address.. I can see my phone bill if
I start calling France just to verify that a possibly old phone number is
still valid -- and how do I talk to this guy when I don't even know French?)

   The best I can assure you is that we will make reasonable attempts to
reach the origional author and make note of it if we couldn't.


-- Pat White   (co-moderator comp.sources/binaries.amiga)
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