rec.autos.simulators

Hello all,

        It has recently been brought to our attention that an offensive
message was posted to this group by someone posing as

Here is the relevant information from that posting:

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I WILL TERRORIZE "R.A.S."

Organization   The "R.A.S. Terrorization Commitee"
Date           15 Oct 1996 07:58:24 -0700
Newsgroups     rec.autos.simulators

Yes,

I will create ...  ( rant deleted ]

Mr. Anderson (your terrorist)

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
|                     Damn I'm Good - Mr. Anderson                           |
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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        Please notice the message ID field.

        That would indicate that the message originated at
lex.zippo.com

        It is a simple matter to put anything you want in the "From"
field, making a message appear to come from someone else.  A message
posted from here would have had a message ID that looked like:

        "Message-ID

        This information has been sent to the system administration at
the originating system.

        There should be no need for further message traffic regarding the

zippo.com's administration.  
        If the problem recurs, please direct complaints to the system in the
"Message ID:" field, rather than the "From:" field.    

        Regards,

        Earl