NODE 9f59e51bRe: Scientologys Attempts
danisch@ira.uka.de (Hadmut Danisch)Tue, 17 Jan 95 04:23:00 PST
> After reading the lawyer's threatening letter I tried to check out the
> two newsgroups mentioned, and was told they do not exist. (This is not a
> local filter here; Eskimo does not censor newsgroups.)
They still exist at our local server (E.I.S.S., University of Karlsruhe,
Germany) and contain messages (even from America). Seems as they were
successfull in deleting the group at some servers.
> So have they been
> deleted? If so, by whom and how?
Find out...
> What is 'rmgroup' and
The usenet method to remove groups. A special message
with a control line in the header.
> who has the
> authority to remove alt. groups?
Don't know...
Hadmut
NODE 4f3ff2b8Re: Scientologys Attempts
"James A. Donald" <jamesd@netcom.com>Tue, 17 Jan 95 09:00:09 PST
On Tue, 17 Jan 1995, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
>
> > So have they been
> > deleted? If so, by whom and how?
>
> Find out...
>
>
> > What is 'rmgroup' and
>
> The usenet method to remove groups. A special message
> with a control line in the header.
>
> > who has the
> > authority to remove alt. groups?
Anybody has the power. Nobody has the authority.
It should be done only when there is a general consensus,
which is obviously not the case here.
This is a classic case of net abuse.
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