[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: ADMIN: Possible Threat to the HPFGU Family of Lists

[Heidi Tandy]

> Tom:
>
> Is it possible to satisfy this person by meeting the demands? I
> mean, what are the demands? Are they demands to be annointed High
> HPfGU Overlord, or something a little more moderate? What does this
> person want?

Not speaking on behalf of anyone, as I haven't been on meg in almost 6 
months, but the lists' admins have a history of not negotiating with 
those who make threats, ever since capitulating to richard abaness in 
the spring of 2001 when he incorrectly claimed copyright infringement.

And in the spring of 2002, when John walton's account's hackers were 
identified and booted from the list, one of them said that she'd do 
something terrible if she wasn't reinstated with regular posting 
privileges. The mods didn't capitulate, and within a day or so, a mod's 
account was hacked and some of the lists deleted. But Yahoo was very 
helpful about restoring them; all was well within 17 or so hours, the 
culprit was reported to her uni and, afaik, disciplined by the school 
for violations of their acceptable use policies, because of the threats 
made and attacks undertaken.


Heidi, historianically