NODE 50f507f7How Did This Get Done?
werewolf@io.org (Mark Terka)Mon, 5 Sep 94 22:19:27 PDT
Ok...ok....ignore the content of the following. I'm not interested in flames
about narrow mindedness or whatever, I'm just interested in how the poster
was able to pull the following off....
I picked this up from a post in alt.sex.stories (and yeah....man does not
live on talk.politics.crypto alone :>) :
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Path: io.org!sun.cais.com!news.sprintlink.net!tequesta.gate.net!sysop
From: no_more_faggots@faggots.must.die.com <===== Is this a trick?
Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories
Subject: NO MORE FAGGOT STORIES!
Date: 5 Sep 1994 21:13:00 GMT
Lines: 1
Message-ID: <34g1ks$jn1@tequesta.gate.net>
NNTP-Posting-Host: hopi.gate.net
NO MORE FAGGOT STORIES DAMMIT
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How the hell did the poster "customize" his address to ...ummm...fit the
post???
NODE 421c5218Re: How Did This Get Done?
mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)Mon, 5 Sep 94 23:07:01 PDT
The "From" line of a news post may be any arbitrary text. Although
most newsreaders insert truthful information, you can post anything
you like if you interface with the posting agent personally.
You can telnet to any NNTP server on the Net that does not reject
your connection and post anything you wish. The "Path" information
should give you some idea of where the post originated.
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