Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin Subject: Gross abuse of the Net: "Send Dollar" postings return Keywords: abuse of the Net, "send dollar", Portal System postings Message-ID: <2530@kitty.UUCP> Date: 25 May 88 05:00:36 GMT Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 48 Approximately one week ago, a few of the comp.* groups were treated to a "send one dollar" posting by an allegedly impoverished undergraduate college student. These postings have now returned with an order of magnitude greater comp.* group distribution, as shown by our log file, to wit: May 24 23:01 sunybcs received <5807@cup.portal.com> ng comp.cog-eng,comp.databases,comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.modems subj 'HELP ME!!AA' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:01 sunybcs received <5808@cup.portal.com> ng comp.editors,comp.edu,comp.emacs,comp.edu.composition,comp.fonts subj 'HELP ME!!!A' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:01 sunybcs received <5809@cup.portal.com> ng comp.graphics,comp.ivideodisc,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl subj 'HELP ME!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:02 sunybcs received <5810@cup.portal.com> ng comp.lang.asm370,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.forth subj 'HELP ME!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:02 sunybcs received <5811@cup.portal.com> ng comp.lang.forth.mac,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.icon,comp.lang.lisp subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:02 sunybcs received <5812@cup.portal.com> ng comp.lang.lisp.x,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.pascal subj 'HELP ME!!!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:05 sunybcs received <5820@cup.portal.com> ng comp.os.rsts,comp.os.v,comp.os.vms,comp.os.xinu,comp.periphs subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:05 sunybcs received <5821@cup.portal.com> ng comp.periphs.printers,comp.protocols,comp.protocols.appletalk subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:05 sunybcs received <5822@cup.portal.com> ng comp.protocols.ibm,comp.protocols.iso,comp.protocols.misc subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:05 sunybcs received <5823@cup.portal.com> ng comp.protocols.pcnet,comp.protocols.pup,comp.protocols.tcp-ip subj 'HELP Me!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:05 sunybcs received <5824@cup.portal.com> ng comp.software-eng,comp.sources.bugs,comp.sources.d,comp.std subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:06 sunybcs received <5831@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.att,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.cdc subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:06 sunybcs received <5832@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.celerity,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.dec.micro,comp.sys.encore subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:06 sunybcs received <5833@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.net subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:06 sunybcs received <5834@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.intel.ipsc310 subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:06 sunybcs received <5835@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.m6809,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hypercard subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:06 sunybcs received <5837@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.mac.programmer,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.northstar subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5838@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.proteon,comp.sys.pyramid subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5841@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.tahoe,comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.ti,comp.sys.ti.explorer subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5842@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.transputer,comp.sys.xerox,comp.sys.zenith,comp.terminals subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5843@cup.portal.com> ng comp.sys.zenith.z100,comp.terminals.bitgraph,comp.terminals.tty5620 subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5844@cup.portal.com> ng comp.text,comp.theory,comp.theory.cell-automata,comp.unix.aux subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5845@cup.portal.com> ng comp.unix.cray,comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.questions subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:07 sunybcs received <5847@cup.portal.com> ng comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.xenix,comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.news subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com May 24 23:08 sunybcs received <5850@cup.portal.com> ng la.eats,la.general,la.news,la.seminars,misc.consumers,misc.forsale subj 'HELP ME!!!' from JJ@cup.portal.com This is not only abusive, but is now just plain sick. Didn't this "JJ"-character get the message from resultant flames the FIRST time? Where is the system administrator of Portal System? Does the Portal System condone this type of en masse posting as an "expression of free speech", and/or is the Portal System receiving a percentage of "the take"? I will leave as an execise to the reader to consider the possible legal implications of using interstate communications ("by wire") to solicit the sending of money "by mail" to a blind post office box, no less. And we don't even have the real name of the alleged impoverished student. <> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York <> UUCP: {allegra|ames|boulder|decvax|rutgers|watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry <> VOICE: 716/688-1231 {hplabs|ihnp4|mtune|utzoo|uunet}!/ <> FAX: 716/741-9635 {G1,G2,G3 modes} "Have you hugged your cat today?"