Time: Tue Oct 29 23:36:47 1996 To: Neal Kelsey <kelseyn@primenet.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: possible hacking Cc: Bcc: Dear Neal, Thanks for investigating so quickly. I will take your advice, and report back to you with results. /s/ Paul Mitchell At 09:07 PM 10/29/96 -0800, you wrote: >At 04:08 PM 10/29/96 -0700, you wrote: >>Dear Neal, >> >>I hate to dip into the well too often, >>but my email to <defense@mindspring.com> >>is being blocked with nagging regularity. >>Since the destination is another investigator >>with sensitive information, I would not be >>surprised if the "block" were intentional. >>Is there any way you can check it out for >>me? The destination user also needs to know >>what might be happening, in order to take >>any necessary precautions. > >I did traceroutes to and pinged mail.mindspring.com and received adequate >responses. Next, I tried sending a message to defense@mindspring.com. It >went through successfully and I got a reply back from a Nancy Lord. She was >aware of the problem but did not have an explanation. I would suggest >trying to send e-mail from a different user name or account to >defense@mindspring.com to see what happens. If that works okay and your >regular account with Primenet cannot get through, then maybe there is some >sort of intercept/hacker. I would try the other things first, just as a test. > > ><snip> > > >>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:52:22 -0700 (MST) >>From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@primenet.com> >>To: [address in tool bar] >>Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: mindspring.com: no data >>known) >> >>The original message was received at Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:52:09 -0700 (MST) >>from ip244.tus.primenet.com [198.68.42.244] >> >> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- >><defense@mindspring.com> >> >> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >>550 <defense@mindspring.com>... Host unknown (Name server: mindspring.com: >>no data known) >> >> ----- Original message follows ----- >> >>[198.68.42.244]) by primenet.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id PAA03873; Tue, >>29 Oct 1996 15:52:09 -0700 (MST) >>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:52:09 -0700 (MST) >>To: libertylaw@www.ultimate.org >>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] >>Subject: Northwest Ordinance >> >>=========================================================== >>Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.: pmitch@primenet.com >>ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776, Tucson, Arizona state >>=========================================================== >> >> >> > > >********************************************************** > Neal Kelsey Voice: (619) 947-5542 > District Manager Pager: (619) 983-1187 > Primenet FAX: (619) 947-5542 > 14025 Live Oak Street kelseyn@primenet.com > Hesperia, CA 92345 > POM POP Message: (909) 397-8495 > SBD POP Message: (909) 386-5730 >********************************************************** > > >
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