more on letter from Jon Postel

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Dave Farber  +1 412 726 9889



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From: Joe Touch <touch () ISI EDU>
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:59:51 -0700
Subj: Re: Fwd: RE: [IP] more on letter from Jon Postel

FWIW, we identify that Jon has passed and who we are in the email. We 
generally send the mail from our own account, and CC Jon's to archive 
the response.

However, getting mail from a user account is not the same as getting 
mail from a person. Anyone who makes that error deserves the confusion 
that results.

Joe

Dave Farber wrote:
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> Dave Farber  +1 412 726 9889
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> ...... Forwarded Message .......
> From: Rick Adams <Rick.Adams () Cello Net>
> To: dave () farber net
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:58:03 -0400
> Subj: RE: [IP] more on letter from Jon Postel
>
> I find it rather astonishing that someone would attempt to justify 
> fraudulently impersonating a
> dead person.
>
> Identity theft comes to mind.
>
> It is certainly acceptable to forward mail address to Postel to someone 
who 
> answers it but it is
> ethically indefensible to respond in his name.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ip () v2 listbox com [mailto:owner-ip () v2 listbox com] On Behalf 
Of 
> David Farber
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:23 PM
> To: Ip
> Subject: [IP] more on letter from Jon Postel
>
>
>       From:     touch () ISI EDU
>       Subject:        Re: [IP] [spam] letter from Jon Postel
>       Date:   June 10, 2004 12:40:48 PM EDT
>       To:       dave () farber net
>
> Dave,
>
> FYI, Jon's email is still valid and maintained here at ISI for a number 
> of reasons. Receiving email from his address - i.e., non-spam - is not 
> uncommon. We still receive requests directed to his address as 
> indicated in many Internet documents, as well as others (most recently 
> to clarify the IPv6 ethertype field).
>
> I and others at ISI handle these requests, which might otherwise be 
> difficult for users to redirect on their own.
>
> Getting mail from Jon doesn't necessarily mean something's amiss 
> (unless of course it's spam). And checking that email addresses are 
> valid won't filter out email from his address either.
>
> Joe
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Dave,
>
> FYI, Jon's email is still valid and maintained here at ISI for a number 
> of reasons. Receiving email from his address - i.e., non-spam - is not 
> uncommon. We still receive requests directed to his address as 
> indicated in many Internet documents, as well as others (most recently 
> to clarify the IPv6 ethertype field).
>
> I and others at ISI handle these requests, which might otherwise be 
> difficult for users to redirect on their own.
>
> Getting mail from Jon doesn't necessarily mean something's amiss 
> (unless of course it's spam). And checking that email addresses are 
> valid won't filter out email from his address either.
>
> Joe
>
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