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Posted by John Pollard on June 20, 2007, 9:08 pm
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David H. Lipman wrote:
>
>> Hi, John - and David.
>>
>> David was not really accusing ME of spamming. He was
>> accusing some
>> unknown person of stealing my identity to spam this group.
>> At
>> least, that was my interpretation. And, yes, I should have
>> started
>> the Subject line with OT.
>>
>> Some of my friends - fellow MVPs - HAVE been the victims of
>> online
>> identity theft in other newsgroups. Usually the fraud is
>> obvious
>> because the content and style of the message is so out of
>> character
>> for the purported author. But some of them are artful enough
>> to
>> cause serious embarrassment - or worse - to the innocent
>> "sender".
>> In fact, I have jumped to the defense a couple of times,
>> myself,
>> when I thought the phony message was apt to cause harm to the
>> reputation of the victim.
>>
>> Maybe it's time to let this thread die?
>>
>> RC
>
> Thank you !
> Two examples of MS MVPs who have been impersonated; Robear
> Dyer and
> Sharon Finks.
>
> PS: Check me out with the MVPs related to security
> (COMSEC/INFOSEC).
And, whether you or RC choose to acknowledge it, there is the
possibility of causing harm. My point was simply that making an
absolute declaration that a post is a spam, is not benfficial
and not called for. The fact that the post you declared as
absolutely spam here, was not spam, confirms my point.
I don't mind getting input (sometimes it is beneficial); but I
don't like the idea that you, or anyone, would attempt to place
your judgement ahead of mine in some absolute way, or to take
the slightest chance that your post could be misinterpreted to
indicate that someone was a spammer when they were not (as I
think I made clear earlier: I despise spammers).
If you had evidence that R.C.'s post was spam, you should have
provided that evidence; if you did not have such evidence, you
should have said that. Guessing isn't good enough in this area;
I don't care if you get 99% of your guesses correct.
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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