NODE 48ac0abbSpam from DM.NET
dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:35:36 -0800 (PST)
Who the fuck is "dueling modems"? Why am I getting this shit at my
site? This is dm.com, not dm.net. What a bunch of fucking morons.
"Jim RoadRunner" <Wild_Mouse@msn.com> writes:
>
>
> ----------
> From: nic
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 5:26 PM
> To: Jim RoadRunner
> Subject: Welcome to Dueling Modems!
>
> Dear James,
>
> Welcome to Dueling Modems!
>
> This letter is to confirm that we've received your signup and billing
> information, and have set up your account.
>
> ***** ACCOUNT INFORMATION *****
>
> Acct #: 0032108
> ID: wild-mouse
> Password: railroad
> Email Name: wild-mouse@dm.net
> Email Destination: wild_mouse@msn.com
>
> We may have tweaked some of the ID/Pwd information you put on the form,
> to meet the requirements of our operating system. Please make sure you
> use the information above when configuring your software.
>
> ***** EMAIL INFORMATION *****
>
> If your email destination is "local," you'll need to set up your email
> program with the following parameters:
>
> POP3 Server: mail.dm.net
> SMTP Server: mail.dm.net
> Email Account ID: wild-mouse
> Email Account Password: railroad
> POP Account: wild-mouse@dm.net
> Real Name: (or your "handle")
> Return Address: wild-mouse@dm.net
>
> ***** BILLING INFORMATION *****
>
> You've chosen to be billed by: Credit Card
> Your first billing month was/will be: Apr-97
> Your billing frequency is: monthly
>
> If you've chosen to be billed by check, you'll receive an invoice via
> email sent to the above destination address.
>
> Electronic Funds Transfer subscribers will receive an additional email
> containing the information you'll need to provide to your bank to set up
> the process.
>
> ***** NEWSGROUP INFORMATION *****
>
> Your personal members' newsgroup is:
>
> dm.members.wild-mouse
>
> ***** WEB PAGE INFORMATION *****
>
> The URL for your personal web site is:
>
> http://www.dm.net/~wild-mouse/
>
> If you've opted to have a personal web page:
>
> To load your web pages, you'll need an "ftp client." This software lets
> you upload files to a remote server.
>
> (Dueling Modems provides links to several ftp packages on our Software
> Warehouse web page.)
>
> Configure your ftp client to log onto:
>
> www.dm.net
>
> Make sure you set up the ftp client software to use the ID and password
> listed at the beginning of this letter. You'll be directly connected to
> your own directory space.
>
> Once connected, you'll see a sub-directory named "web_pages". Log into
> that directory. You can then upload your HTML files.
>
> For help in creating your web pages, check into the dm.html.* area on
> the news server. The staff there are experts, and are delighted to help
> out.
>
> Apologies for the brevity of these instructions. We'll be creating an
> Online User's Guide soon, which will include detailed instructions for
> various software packages. For the time being, though, please ask for
> help in dm.html.*.
>
> ***** USER AUTHENTICATION *****
>
> (aka, Logging into the news server.)
>
> We're beginning to move parts of the service to "subscriber-only" mode,
> which will require you to set up your User ID and Password in your
> newsreading software.
>
> User authentication will also be needed to gain access to private areas
> within the news server. We've set up two groups specifically to test
> your log-in:
>
> dm.priv-test.announce
> dm.priv-test.sign-in
>
> Please set up your newsreader for user Authentication now, and refresh
> your group list to make sure you can reach these two groups. If you
> can't, check into dm.admin.help-desk.newsreaders for assistance.
>
> Unfortunately, the very popular Netscape Navigator does NOT provide any
> way of entering your ID/Password when you try to connect to DM's server,
> which means that eventually you won't be able to reach the BBS with
> Navigator. :(
>
> The solution is to use a different software package. We recommend Free
> Agent for Windows users and NewsWatcher for Mac users. Both of these
> packages are free and available from DM's Software Warehouse web page:
>
> http://dm.net/software.htm
>
> We're taking our time in making this conversion, btw., so as to make
> sure nobody gets caught unable to reach us. So don't worry about that.
>
> Of course, installing and learning new software always takes time and
> often requires a bit of hand-holding. Again, feel free to check into
> the dm.admin.help-desk.newsreader group for help. That group will be
> publicly available for some time to come.
>
> As mentioned above, we will be setting up an Online User's Guide on the
> DM web site. Installing and configuring software will be covered
> extensively. But for the meantime, please use the help desk newsgroup.
>
> Again, welcome to Dueling Modems. If you have any questions, feel free
> to drop me an email at:
>
> sysop@dm.net
>
> If I don't know the answer, we'll find somebody who does. ;)
>
> Nic Grabien
> President, Dueling Modems
>
---
Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
NODE 1f10d36fRe: Spam from DM.NET
Toto <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>Thu, 20 Mar 1997 18:25:52 -0800 (PST)
Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
>
> Who the fuck is "dueling modems"? Why am I getting this shit at my
> site? This is dm.com, not dm.net. What a bunch of fucking morons.
>
> "Jim RoadRunner" <Wild_Mouse@msn.com> writes:
Dimitri,
It's simple enough. The man is generous and wants others to
be able to use his account, free of charge.
He also wants us to pretend that we are him, asking his ISP to
'confirm' the credit card number he gave them, to make sure it's
the right one.
When you find out more about the "Electronic Funds Transfer
information" they mention, could you forward it to the list so
that this fellow's generosity will not go unappreciated?
> > This letter is to confirm that we've received your signup and billing
> > information, and have set up your account.
> >
> > ***** ACCOUNT INFORMATION *****
> >
> > Acct #: 0032108
> > ID: wild-mouse
> > Password: railroad
> > Email Name: wild-mouse@dm.net
> > Email Destination: wild_mouse@msn.com
> >
> > ***** BILLING INFORMATION *****
> >
> > You've chosen to be billed by: Credit Card
> > Your first billing month was/will be: Apr-97
> > Your billing frequency is: monthly
> >
> >
> > Electronic Funds Transfer subscribers will receive an additional email
> > containing the information you'll need to provide to your bank to set up
> > the process.
> > sysop@dm.net
> > Nic Grabien
> > President, Dueling Modems
> >
>
> ---
--
Toto
"The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre"
http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html
NODE c095bd72Re: Spam from DM.NET
nic <sf-nic@dm.net>Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:46:05 -0800 (PST)
First off, please let me apologize for this un-intentional "spam."
(I'll spare you guys the irrelevant argument about whether one letter
constitutes "spam." The bottom line is it shouldn't have happened, it's
not your fault or responsibility, and you shouldn't have to wade through
_my_ shit over piddling crap like definitions.)
The letter in question was specifically addressed to an address at
msn.com, and I honestly have no idea how it ended up being routed to
dm.com, much less a specific individual's mailbox. Unless Jim
RoadRunner mis-addressed a reply back to dm.net. But even there, I'm at
a loss to know how it ended up in Dr. Dimitri's mailbox. In any case,
it shouldn't have landed there at all.
Btw., thanks Toto for passing this back to me. It does give us a chance
to change the access password. And to try to figure out what screwed up
where to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Toto wrote:
>
> Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> >
> > Who the fuck is "dueling modems"? Why am I getting this shit at my
> > site? This is dm.com, not dm.net. What a bunch of fucking morons.
> >
> > "Jim RoadRunner" <Wild_Mouse@msn.com> writes:
Dimitri - To you I specifically apologize for the inadvertant arrival of
this email in your box. It was completely un-intentional and, as you
point out, uncalled-for. Dueling Modems (dm.net) is most definitely NOT
D&M Consulting (dm.com), or any sub-domain housed under their umbrella.
We're a small online service that Jim has recently joined, and
apparently a confirmation letter or reply was mistakenly routed to you.
>
> Dimitri,
> It's simple enough. The man is generous and wants others to
> be able to use his account, free of charge.
> He also wants us to pretend that we are him, asking his ISP to
> 'confirm' the credit card number he gave them, to make sure it's
> the right one.
Well, not exactly... <g>
>
> When you find out more about the "Electronic Funds Transfer
> information" they mention, could you forward it to the list so
> that this fellow's generosity will not go unappreciated?
Actually, any EFT information you might pick up would only serve you in
depositing money _into_ Jim's account.
>
> --
> Toto
> "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre"
> http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html
Nice story on the web page, btw.
Again, apologies to all and thanks for being gentle about letting us
know about the screw-up.
nic