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At 04:10 PM 2/12/96 -0500, you wrote:

> The software running the list could then
>strip out this line (so noone else would see it) and if it matched
>the keyword on file (provided by the user) their message would
>then get forwarded on to the list.  Very simple, does not require
>everyone to use PGP (or anything else) and (IMO) would stop most
>of the fakery (other than one kind I can think of).  Anyway
>when I had suggested this, Ken replied that the mailing list was 
>not running on a unix machine and it wouldn't be that easy to do.
>Well now it is.  So maybe something like this (or something else
>simple) could now be done.  That's all nothing else.
>
>Mike


Mike,

I think getting PGP active on Cavers and Techdiver is an excellent idea.
There is a group on here that gets their kicks from faking messages.
Whatever their reasons or  frequency this is not a mailing list devoted to
demonstrating how proficient one is at computer fakery. This is a diving
list devoted to those who love technical diving of all kinds and who are
interested in exchanging information with others freely without having to
wonder if the person you are having a conversation with really exists or not. 

Some method of stopping the fakery and verifying the source of E-mail would
be a definite plus. Some have said that no one is really fooled by these
fakes, well that is simply not true. The fakes directed at me prompted Ken
Sallott, George Irvine, Rick Sankey and others to attack me based on what
was said in the faked messages--all of which I would have thought would have
been very easy to spot, but that wasn't the case. Other fakes have been more
subtle, though just as personally insulting, misleading and demeaning. If an
individual wants to criticise another diver or some practice or group, then
they should do as the rest of us do, write it up, sign it,  post it and take
the heat.

I hope PGP does get put into place here.

JoeL

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