Diane & all--

This evening I received an e-mail inquiry from someone who seems to be looking for this passworded forum, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Since I don't know this individual, I've simply replied that the old forum is alive and well, plus supplying the URL.

This is the message, header and all (names bolded):

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From: "RICHARD A BROOME"

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Tom,

Since the Yourdon forum folded, are you aware if there is another site that the regulars on Yourdon's bb might be meeting? I miss it very much and all the excellent information and suggestions I received there. Thanks for any information and God bless.

Mary

Diane can handle any further communication with this person, but if any of you are familiar with the names involved here, she ought to know about it.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 1999

Answers

Well -- I forgot about those little html tags. I'll try again, with # substituting for left & right angle brackets. Scratch the previous msg.

Diane & all-- This evening I received an e-mail inquiry from someone who seems to be looking for this passworded forum, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Since I don't know this individual, I've simply replied that the old forum is alive and well, plus supplying the URL.

This is the message, header and all (names bolded):

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From: "RICHARD A BROOME" #SWEEP6@prodigy.net#

To: #tomcarey@mindspring.com#

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 19:58:24 -0700

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Tom,

Since the Yourdon forum folded, are you aware if there is another site that the regulars on Yourdon's bb might be meeting? I miss it very much and all the excellent information and suggestions I received there. Thanks for any information and God bless.

Mary

Diane can initiate (or not) any further communication with this person, but if any of you are familiar with the names involved here, she ought to know about it.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 1999

The recently discovered "comint" facility -- which tracks down real sources of troll posts -- could be a lifesaver here.

-- Anonymous, June 05, 1999

Anything to help Tom!

I'm trying to figure things out "backstage." Sometimes it's really easy to tell "who" is posting and what the interconnections are. At other times... Quien sabe.

That said, it's pretty obvious to tell who is a troll.

BTW, the "Forum" e-mail is y2ktimebomb2000@yahoo.com so you can send that to someone. I check it once a day.

We've actually had help questions.

Now if I could only read the thing you just posted.

;-D

Diane

-- Anonymous, June 06, 1999

Don't recognize that name. Which might mean something, or it might not.

Seems too a case of the "forum folded" rumors .. but then, wouldn't she have just re-opened the timebomb2000 forum and looked?

-- Anonymous, June 06, 1999

SWEEP6 is a moderately frequent poster named Mary, with whom I have had some e-traffic.

We GOTTA get a gateway website!!

chuck

-- Anonymous, June 07, 1999

BTW Robert, a LOT of people needed to access through Ed's site as we can't leave bookmarks on some of the machines we use.

Chuck

-- Anonymous, June 07, 1999

see above

What's a 'gateway site'?

-- Anonymous, June 07, 1999

A "gateway site" would be "www.tb2k.com" for instance.

C

-- Anonymous, June 07, 1999

Understood - when asked, I could always remember www.yourdon.com; but the full title directly to the forum was always

????huh????idontremember.somethingorother//someotherextension//somethingelse

-- Anonymous, June 07, 1999

ditto

A "gateway site" would be "www.tb2k.com" for instance.

Is this different from some other kind of website?

(This is just curiosity -- I don't really need to know.)

-- Anonymous, June 07, 1999

Any ole one'll do. just so it's EASY TO WRITE ON THE BACK OF A BUSINESS CARD>

C

-- Anonymous, June 08, 1999