[ale] Re: 115.00 fine for bouncing email to critter at wizvax.net

[Eric Z. Ayers]

Glenn,

I publicly apologize to you and everyone else I offended.  Please
accept my apology, as a quirky sense of humor is the only one I
have.  I wrote a script to send an email to each member of the list,
each message with a different number in the subject line in order to
find out which address was causing a bounced message to be sent back
to anyone that posted to the ale at ale.org mailing list. 

I should haveput some sort of indicator of what this email was about
in the message, as I recieved many responsed from people concerned
that their email was bouncing.

-Eric.

Glenn C. Lasher Jr. writes:
 > 
 > Dear fellow ALErs:
 > 
 > I am sending this message in outrage.  Below is an unedited copy (save for
 > the '>'s added by PINE) of an email I received allegedly from Eric Z.
 > Ayers, and I hereby publicly challenge him to appologise for, or disown,
 > the following email.
 > 
 > I understand that the job of administering a system of any sort can be a
 > frustrating experience, however, I feel that this sending threatening
 > email is not called for.  
 > 
 > For the record, I exist.  My email may bounce occasionally as the nature
 > of the 'net is such that it is not 100% reliable.  Allowaces should be
 > made for this.  Also for the record, my boss already uses Linux, not that
 > that is relevant.  My connection to this list is private, through my ISP,
 > not through my company.  Also for the record, my ISP uses ONLY Linux, and
 > have done so since they opened up shop five years ago.
 > 
 > If this is the sort of treatment that ALE feels is appropriate of its
 > readers and contributors, then maybe I should find another Linux group to
 > participate in.  That would be a shame, because I have enjoyed the company
 > of ALE for the past year or so.
 > 
 > Regards,
 > Glenn C. Lasher, Jr.
 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > 
 > On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Eric Z. Ayers wrote:
 > 
 > > Dear critter at wizvax.net, 
 > > 
 > > If this email to you bounces, a fine of 115.00
 > > will be imposed on you by the ale at ale.org mailing list.
 > > 
 > > Your fine will be rescinded if you can convince your boss to to give Linux 
 > > a test drive as your mail server for 30 days!
 > > 
 > > Sincerely,
 > > Eric.
 > > a.k.a. The Bounce Police
 > > 
 > 
 > --
 > Critter at Wizvax.Net
 > Don't Steal - The government hates competition.
 > PGP key available at http://www.wizvax.net/critter/pgpkey.html.
 >