NODE 414d4654lead remailer is shut down
zinc <zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu>Thu, 6 Feb 1997 19:41:20 -0800 (PST)
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted as well.
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hi,
i came in today to find they (university system admins) had pulled the
plug on my machine. this is all because some luser spammed usenet
using the remailer on my machine. thanks a lot.
so, the lead remailer is gone for good; it lasted almost exactly one
year.
it was nice while it lasted.
- -patrick finerty
biochem grad student, u of utah
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1773)
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NODE fed6d033Re: lead remailer is shut down
"Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>Thu, 6 Feb 1997 20:47:40 -0800 (PST)
zinc enscribed thusly:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted as well.
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> hi,
> i came in today to find they (university system admins) had pulled the
> plug on my machine. this is all because some luser spammed usenet
> using the remailer on my machine. thanks a lot.
Yeah? Did you find his ass? Kindly forward the coordinates
of the body so we can desecrate the corpse!
> so, the lead remailer is gone for good; it lasted almost exactly one
> year.
> it was nice while it lasted.
Never used it but it is always sad to see the passing of a network
resource due to the abuse by cretins with all the morals of an alley cat
in heat...
> - -patrick finerty
> biochem grad student, u of utah
> - --
> "Those that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1773)
> finger zinc-pgp@zifi for PGP key
> zifi runs LINUX 2.0.28 -=-=-=WEB=-=-=-> http://zifi.genetics.utah.edu
>
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