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RE: [council] Hostile attack on the dnso.org
Theresa, Caroline:
I would also be happy to assist, as I am very concerned about this issue
(it hit a little too close to home the last time...). Please add me to
your list. Thanks,
Victoria
At 11:20 AM 08/11/99 , Chicoine, Caroline wrote:
>Theresa, since the one thing I volunteered for at the LA meeting
>dissolved, I would be more than happy to help and will add it to the
>minutes and agenda I am preparing and hope to get out today or tomorrow.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Theresa Swinehart [mailto:Theresa.Swinehart@wcom.com]
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 9:35 AM
>To: 'Elisabeth Porteneuve'; mclaughlin@pobox.com
>Cc: council@dnso.org
>Subject: RE: [council] Hostile attack on the dnso.org
>
>
>I saw his notice - how many e-mails did he send to the Server. It
>appears to
>me that we should determine whether this constitutes spam, and entails a
>strong warning that they were taken off b/c of inappropriate e-mails and
>by
>spaming they are only making the matter worse for themselves. By
>inappropriate, I mean absolutely unacceptable list behavior, including
>cases
>that in some countries constitute libel, and swearing.
>
>I would like to suggest that the NC, as a priority, post a set of e-mail
>principles that must be used if on any DNSO listserves. I'd like Andrew
>to
>review it as well. the purpose is to provide us, and Elisabeth, with a
>means
>of taking action without wasting too much time, and having a visible
>policy
>in place on which we act.
>
>Any volunteers to help me with this?
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-council@dnso.org [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org] On Behalf
>Of
>Elisabeth Porteneuve
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 10:24 AM
>To: mclaughlin@pobox.com
>Cc: council@dnso.org
>Subject: [council] Hostile attack on the dnso.org
>
>
>Andrew,
>
>You may have noticed an hostile attack on the dnso.org
>-- several tens of identical messages, appearing as from different
>members of ga@dnso.org list. You may visit ga@dnso archives.
>
>The server were overloaded, and I had to stop mail service
>and clean up hundreds of this spams awaiting distribution to
>ga@dnso.org.
>I had a chance (chance ?) to see the attack arriving, then
>advise immediatelly. If it happen during European night,
>we may had have disk troubles and a computer out of order.
>
>The intial message was sent to me, then a number of messages forged,
>and appearing each one as sent by a different member of
>the ga@dnso.org list. Below you have both quoted completely (headers
>included). Let's calculate: 260 messages each sent to 260 members,
>it gives 67600 instantaneous messages -- and the sender made an
>automate, i.e. he can repeat it as often as he can.
>
>The author is the mostly disruptif one, and is filtered by me
>with half a dozen of different addresses he has (but it is endless,
>and technically whatever I do he can bypass).
>If I do not filter, he offends people, insults, and uses
>innacepptable vocabulary (which I cannot even understand !, but
>some charitable persons told me).
>
>He is posting from Canada (at least it appears from his text).
>What to do ? He is certainly able to continue.
>
>I am awaiting your legal help.
>Kind regards,
>Elisabeth
>
>|1| From root@thx1138.diebold.net Mon Nov 8 14:16 MET 1999
>|1| Received: from thx1138.diebold.net (123-diebold-205-189-73.pccf.net
>[205.189.73.123])
>|1| by balsa.cetp.ipsl.fr (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id
>OAA14354
>|1| for <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>; Mon, 8 Nov 1999
>14:16:48 +0100
>|1| (MET)
>|1| Received: (from root@localhost)
>|1| by thx1138.diebold.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) id IAA14335;
>|1| Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:06:34 -0500
>|1| Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:06:34 -0500
>|1| Message-Id: <199911081306.IAA14335@thx1138.diebold.net>
>|1| From: baptista@iname.com
>|1| To: Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr
>|1| Subject: ga DNSO list is broken
>|1| Content-Type: text
>|1| Content-Length: 973
>|1|
>|1|
>|1|
>|1|
>|1|
>|1| Hello:
>|1|
>|1| I am writing to you concerning the ga@dnso.org list of which you and
>I
>|1| are members. The list has been broken for some time. I and some
>other
>|1| people seem incapable of transmitting message to it. Either the
>list is
>|1| broken - or someone is playing games.
>|1|
>|1| Either way, broken list or games - this is a disgrace we in the GA
>can
>|1| not afford.
>|1|
>|1| I have attempted to contact Elisabeth Porteneuve the list
>administrator
>|1| to get this fixed - but these attempts have been without success.
>|1|
>|1| In order to determine what problems there is with the list I am
>giving
>|1| you notice I will be conducting tests on the list to determine
>exactly
>|1| what the problem is. You may receive one test message - or 260 - it
>all
>|1| depends on what Elisabeth Porteneuve has done to the list.
>|1|
>|1| I also remind all of you, and members of the NC and ICANN board that
>|1| having a broken list, or a list on which games are played, does not
>|1| inspire confidence in this process.
>|1|
>|1| Regards
>|1| Joe Baptista
>
>
>|2| From owner-ga@dnso.org Mon Nov 8 14:26 MET 1999
>|2| Received: from dnso.dnso.org (dnso.dnso.org [192.134.4.239])
>|2| by balsa.cetp.ipsl.fr (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id
>OAA14517
>|2| for <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>; Mon, 8 Nov 1999
>14:26:21 +0100
>|2| (MET)
>|2| Received: (from majordomo@localhost)
>|2| by dnso.dnso.org (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) id OAA27744
>|2| for ga-list; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:22:16 +0100 (MET)
>|2| Received: from thx1138.diebold.net (123-diebold-205-189-73.pccf.net
>[205.189.73.123])
>|2| by dnso.dnso.org (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA27696
>|2| for <ga@dnso.org>; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:22:09 +0100 (MET)
>|2| Received: (from root@localhost)
>|2| by thx1138.diebold.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) id IAA14856;
>|2| Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:12:07 -0500
>|2| Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:12:07 -0500
>|2| Message-Id: <199911081312.IAA14856@thx1138.diebold.net>
>|2| From: Ann-Catherine Andersson <aca@telia.net>
>|2| To: ga@dnso.org
>|2| Subject: [ga] ga DNSO list is broken forged test from Ann-Catherine
>Andersson <aca@telia.net>
>|2| Sender: owner-ga@dnso.org
>|2| Precedence: bulk
>|2| Content-Type: text
>|2| Content-Length: 86
>|2|
>|2|
>|2|
>|2| ATTENTION - this is a test message
>|2|
>|2| HEADER information is forged - please ignore
>|2|
Shapiro Cohen
Group of Intellectual Property Practices
Ottawa, Canada
Telephone: (613)232-5300
Facsimile: (613) 563-9231
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