> From: MX%"nb@pobox.com" "Norbert Bollow" 25-FEB-1997 02:43:42.11
> Subj: Re: Listserv and Majordomo Mail Loop Explained
> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 97 09:46:34 +0100
> From: Norbert Bollow <nb@pobox.com>
> To: dave@armchair.mb.ca
> Cc: postmaster@vmei.acad.bg, root@suntu.vmei.acad.bg,
> root@multimac.vmei.acad.bg, list-managers@greatcirle.com
> Subject: Re: Listserv and Majordomo Mail Loop Explained
>
> Greetings, Dave Voorhis!
>
> Thank you for setting up http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/mloop.html
>
> At the site where I'm Majordomo co-admin, I'm logging all messages sent
> to the majordomo alias complete with headers. Here is a copy of the first
> message in that nasty loop, which got the ball rolling. You might want to
> include it in your web page for the following reason: Unless this message
> was fabricated (which I don't think)
>
> 1) it contains some evidence on whether the loop was started intentionally
> or unintentionally,
>
> 2) it contains the name of the culprit, "Boyan Jekov".
>
>
> I think this should be published for the following reasons:
>
> A) If Boyan Jekov is really guilty of this, he should apologize publically
> and make amends. I think a reasonable estimate of the cost of the damage
> (sysadmin time, mainly) would be US-$100 for every site concerned. So, he
> should find out together with his employers and their insurence company
> (if any) who has to pay for this damage. I think it would be acceptable
> if the money (US-$100 times the number of non-local hosts on that listinfo
> list) is paid to the Free Software Foundation instead of paying it to all
> affected sites, which would require a great administrative effort. Of
> course, Boyan Jekov should check with the administrators of the concerned
> sites first, to make sure that this solution is acceptable for all
> concerned parties.
>
> B) If a person named "Boyan Jekov" really exists, but is not guilty, it
> should be brought to his attention that he has been seriously slandered
> and his reputation has been seriously damaged by some pranksters, and
> he should make sure that the real culprits are found out, and that they
> are made to pay for their crime. (Damaging someone's reputation with a
> fabricated message in his name is a serious crime.)
>
> C) If no "Boyan Jekov" exists, at least it doesn't hurt to publish this. But
> I have a feeling that he exists.
>
Difficult to say if this was a real person or not. From the
little research I've done, the names "Boyan" and "Jekov" in the Euro-
Bloc countries seem to be about as common as "Bill" and "Johnson" are
here.
> Yours sincerely,
> Norbert Bollow
> Majordomo co-admin at genesis.acu.edu
>
> P.S. You have my permission to publish my comments together with the e-mail
> message below.
>
>
I personally would chalk it up to ignorance. I've seen some
pretty strange stuff come from overseas...
-HWM
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