[KLUG Members] Fwd: FC: City of Battle Creek wants to imprison an anti-spam activist

[Richard Zimmerman]

> Maybe,  but in reality the "prove malicious intent" concept is bogus.  It
> still works perfectly for intimidation.  There are twelve corporate
> lawyers, here is me.  Regardless of proof they are more likely to win an
> argument, and I'm likely to be out cash either way.

   Also true, but if the truth is one way, then one can not run / hide or
defeat it. We could battle this all day long. Bottom line is:

<my personal opinion here>
He did nothing wrong and most everyone appreciates his efforts and the City
of Battle Creek needs to be taking a HARD LOOK at their IT department for
*NOT* staying on top of software updates, serurity holes, etc.
</my personal opinion here>

> Actually this problem with the Lotus software has been known about
> *forever*.  Lotus bas been lying down on the job.

   I think I said enough above... <G>

> I ordb (and others) check myself regularly.  So far I've never had a user
> notice anything was going on.  And I wouldn't have if I hadn't peeked in
> the maillogs while it was happening.

   Excellent! One less path for spammers to use! Now if I could only get
Earthlink to do something about the incoming spam on my personal account.
<sigh>

   Richard

Richard Zimmerman                                     richard@knbpower.com
System Administrator                                   ke4rit@earthlink.net
K&B Transport, Inc.
Elkhart, Indiana                     Advanced SKYWARN weather spotter

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