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From: COK@PSUVMA.BITNET (The Pentagonal Potentate)
Newsgroups: alt.flame,soc.women,soc.singles
Subject: Re: the solution to the forgery problem
Message-ID: <32330COK@PSUVMA>
Date: 8 Feb 88 07:46:56 GMT
References: <14316@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <7086@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Organization: Syd Barrett Cabal & the Unnamed Conspiracy
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In article <7086@ihlpa.ATT.COM>, gadfly@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Gadfly) says:
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>What will that prove?  The creative forger (I, for instance, am
>actually Pooh, responding to my own posting but using gadfly's
>account as he stands over my shoulder, his firm hands gently...
>hmmm, ok, so that's not very creative, but you get the picture)
>would simply announce a change of heart, and possibly a change of
>attitude (thereby confusing those who also notice a change of style).
>I mean, look how many people do announce their net.sabbaticals,
>only to reappear 2 days later because they "just had to respond".
     
A truly creative forger would simply post a phony announcement of this
sort, so that nothing by the REAL poster would be taken seriously.
So if there were danger of forgery, then this would not solve anything.
How to verify the authenticity of the withdrawal posting?
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