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- *** Volume 3, Issue #3.16 (May 9, 1991) **
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- MODERATORS: Jim Thomas / Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.bitnet)
- ARCHIVISTS: Bob Krause / Alex Smith / Bob Kusumoto
- GAELIC GURU: Brendan Kehoe
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- CONTENTS THIS ISSUE:
- File 1: Moderator's Corner
- File 2: Is Prodigy snooping thru your hard disk?
- File 3: Prodigy under Fire
- File 4: Comp.Org.Eff.Talk. comments on Prodigy FYI
- File 5: Prodigy's Response to Stage.dat File
- File 6: A Few Observation on Prodigy
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- USENET readers can currently receive CuD as alt.society.cu-digest.
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- Anonymous ftp sites: (1) ftp.cs.widener.edu (192.55.239.132);
- (2) cudarch@chsun1.uchicago.edu;
- (3) dagon.acc.stolaf.edu (130.71.192.18).
- E-mail server: archive-server@chsun1.uchicago.edu.
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- COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST is an open forum dedicated to sharing
- information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of
- diverse views. CuD material may be reprinted as long as the source is
- cited. Some authors, however, do copyright their material, and those
- authors should be contacted for reprint permission. It is assumed
- that non-personal mail to the moderators may be reprinted unless
- otherwise specified. Readers are encouraged to submit reasoned
- articles relating to the Computer Underground. Articles are preferred
- to short responses. Please avoid quoting previous posts unless
- absolutely necessary.
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- DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent
- the views of the moderators. Contributors assume all
- responsibility for assuring that articles submitted do not
- violate copyright protections.
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- From: Moderators
- Subject: Moderator's Corner
- Date: May 9, 1991
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- *** CuD #3.16: File 1 of 6: Moderators Corner ***
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- Newmail Problems
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- There appear to be mailer problems somewhere along the lines. CuD
- 3.13 was re-sent because of some garbling problems; CuD 3.14 went out
- of NIU with no problem and we received few bounces, but apparently
- that issue was gobbled up and only a few received it. A significant
- number of 3.15s were returned because they could not sneak through a
- particular gateway. If you are not receiving CuD within a few days of
- the pub date in the header, let us know.
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- CuD's Old News
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- We are occasionally asked why we print "old news" that has been
- circulated on the nets for awhile. A recent Usenet survey of all
- newsgroup use estimates that CuD reaches about 9,300 through usenet.
- Relatively few sites (210) make CuD available to their users, so the
- readers-per-site matches that of more-established on-line journals
- such as RISKS and our progenitor TELECOM-DIGEST. In addition to a
- mailing list of about 700, we immediately reach about 10,000 with each
- posting. However, we have about 30 additional non-usenet feeds, and
- other readers obtain CuD from GEnie, Compuserve, and hundreds of BBSs,
- including two of the largest in the country (PC-EXEC and AV-SYNC). We
- also send out various back issues to about a dozen people each month
- who do not subscribe but simply want specific information. This means
- that, for perhaps one third of the readers, CuD may be the only source
- of news, so what is "old" to most of us fills in gaps for others. We
- try to assure that those without net access are provided with the
- basics of stories covered in other digests (thus our policy of
- reprinting old material) and hard-copy media. Further, some of the
- posts we print are sent to several other outlets simultaneously, and
- sometimes hold these for a week or two prior to publishing. For those
- who find these stories stale, we apologize, but the feedback from
- those who are, believe it or not, only now hearing about Sun Devil
- indicates that, for better or worse, some dated coverage is necessary.
- So, thanks for not complaining too much.
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- Prodigy
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- This issue focuses on the problems of Prodigy. As most know by now,
- Prodigy was criticized last year for apparent censorship and what some
- felt was high-handed treatment of customers complaining first about
- Prodigy's billing practices, and next about Prodigy's response to
- those who complained to other Prodigy users through E-mail. Another
- problem has arisen. It seems that Prodigy's user-interface, Stage.dat,
- appears to include bits of private data from users' other files.
- Thanks to all those who have sent us material. We have selected the
- most comprehensive to summarize the current brouhaha.
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