Re: Beware COS

In article <19950518.233649.00@holsoft.demon.co.uk>, Sister Clara <clara@holsoft.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <3pc5q9$c77@mach3.directnet.com>,
> tlash@tcp.co.uk (Tom Lasher) wrote:
[...a bunch of stuff...] [...Sister Clara added...] >
>Now this is embarassing - Woody is identified as being a Brit and Tom here
>posts from a UK address. PLEASE don't assume that these two are
>representative of the UK educational system or of the intelligence of Brits
>in general.
>

Hmmmm. In another thread, someone mentioned that Tom Lasher's Organization line said "Organization: DirectNet, Los Angeles CA". In the article you replied to, it looks like it came from directnet.com: >In article <3pc5q9$c77@mach3.directnet.com>, (first line with a ">" above).

When I saved the article to my disk to see the Path line it says : Path: news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu\ !netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp.et.byu.edu\ !gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com\ !newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!in1.uu.net\ !mach3.directnet.com!tlash

Doesn't look like the article went anywhere near England to get here.

$ whois tcp.co.uk No match for "TCP.CO.UK". $

I am not an expert on how Usenet works. Is Tom on vacation in the USA? He isn't really posting from England is he? Is Tom just using a fake return address?

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Neal