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Skriven 2004-10-01 14:55:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN HULL
Ärende: Big Mistake
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Hello John,

[..]

>LL>If you were stupid enough not to have relisted it in time,
>LL>anybody could snatch the echo if he/she so wished.  That is
>LL>not "hijacking" an echo, since you lose the echo the moment
>LL>the deadline has been passed.

>LL>You falsely accused me of trying to "hijack/hack the Echolist
>LL>record for this echo".  Prove it.  And name your source, if you
>LL>have one, who told you such lies.

JH>We've got the bounce-back message that is generated when someone
JH>who is not authorized tries to access it.

Of course you did, numbnut.  The first moderator update I sent was with
two different netmail addresses.  The automated robot would have bounced
that message to the previous moderators of the ALL-POLITICS echo.

Remember, your echo had already expired.  Therefore, anybody who wanted
to could have relisted the echo.  Including me.  :)

Just in case you did not get that message in time, I sent a second and
third moderator update.  The second moderator update was to relist the
echo so that nobody but you or Stan could steal it.  The third moderator
update was sent simultaneously as the second, only to an invalid netmail
address, thus getting routed to you and Stan.  I used the same password
for all three moderator updates so that you or Stan could send in a
moderator update thus getting the echo back.

See my message to you under the subject "Relisting Echo" for more
details.

JH>Do you really want to be embarrassed to that extent by having us post
JH>it?

The deadline had already expired for the ALL-POLITICS echo.  The
best way I could protect the echo from getting "stolen" was to send
a moderator update myself, providing the means for you and Stan to get
it back. Note the echolist robot does not notify moderators when an echo
is about to expire.  Sending a netmail or an email to you or Stan would
have been too time-consuming, given the situation.

You know as well as I that there are certain dregs of fido who would
have "stolen" the echo and not allowed you or Stan to get it back.  Be
thankful that I saved your echo from that certain fate.  ;)

--Lee


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