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Re: Newbie here [message #64922 is a reply to message #12414]

Thu, 05 February 2009 06:45

jameskuyper
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Registered: October 2007

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Maarten wrote:
> On Feb 5, 12:44 pm, James Kuyper <jameskuy...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Don't plonk the nominal author of that message. The message was forged.
>> comp.lang.c is currently under attack from someone who posts messages to
>> a wide of newsgroups, with follow-ups redirected to c.l.c, with the
>> intent of provoking responses to disrupt c.l.c. He generally uses some
>> variant of the names of the people on that newsgroup that he hates most;
>> my name has the honor of being the most frequently used, followed by
>> those of Keith Thompson, Richard Heathfield, and Chuck Falconer.
>
> Noted. Be careful when answering simple questions, and check the
> follow-up newsgroup.

Actually, posting simple questions to a large number of newsgroups is
merely the latest phase of the attack. Earlier phases involved questions
posted to a smaller number of groups that were much more carefully
chosen, and he may revert to some variation on that theme after he's
finished this phase.

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		newbie here By: Stephen A R Carino on Wed, 29 July 1998 00:00
		Re: Newbie here By: jameskuyper on Thu, 05 February 2009 06:45
		Re: Newbie here By: Maarten[1] on Thu, 05 February 2009 04:54
		Re: Newbie here By: Jean H. on Thu, 05 February 2009 04:45
		Re: Newbie here By: jameskuyper on Thu, 05 February 2009 03:44
		Re: Newbie here By: Maarten[1] on Thu, 05 February 2009 00:56

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