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Subject: HTTPResume v1.6a fake
Date: 16 May 99 05:54:00 +0200
From: "Andrija Antonijevic" 
Organization: mail2news@nym.alias.net
Newsgroups:
comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.misc

Here's the message I wrote to HTTPResume users whose e-mail addresses
I know:

You received this message because you expressed interest in
HTTPResume. If you don't want to receive these announce messages in
the future, please tell me.

HTTPResume v1.6a appeared on Aminet. It was *not* released by me and
it's *not* official HTTPResume release. The latest official release is
still v1.6, dated 24-Apr-99 01:22:40 and its size is 107036 bytes.
Official archive is 110318, .readme 2109 bytes long. Checking on
http://www.bigfoot.com/~TheAntony/HTTPResume/ is the only way to be
sure that the new version is out. It will always have information on
latest HTTPResume releases and latest HTTPResume archive on local
server.

I have no connection to v1.6a and can't say whether it has backdoors
or anything malicious inside it (I doubt it, though). I have uploaded
the official v1.6 archive to Aminet today. If you haven't downloaded
"v1.6a", you have no reason to download any comm/www/HTTPResume.lha
archive from Aminet for a while since next version (v1.7) won't be
released in near future. If you are unsure which version you have,
download the official archive from HTTPResume page mentioned above.

If you have installed this "new" version, please replace it with
the official one. Thank you.
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The story goes like this: Tonight I received an e-mail message:

rom: "xxx"  Name and address removed to protect the guilty.
Subject: HTTP Resume
Date: 15 May 1999 10:59:59 GMT

Hello,

Just to tell you that I find it very childish of you to include
propaganda against the war in an Amiga program.

If removed the line of text and replaced it with what it should be, and
will release this on Aminet within 36 hours as version v1.6a you can
stop me by releasing your own version with the message string REMOVED

It's your choice

That's it, l8er alligator !
[SNIP signature]
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[The propaganda mentioned is string "Stop NATO bombs!" in title bar
of HTTPResume's main window. Any discussion about this to e-mail,
please.]

I looked at Aminet recent list and found out that HTTPResume v1.6a was
there (so much about 36 hours). The guy that uploaded it also decided
that he can speak in my name and wrote version history for "v1.6a"
making it look like I wrote (the word he likes to use, "childish",
comes to mind). The rest can be read in message above. The scary
thought is that anyone can replace anything on Aminet with no
problems, and there's nothing that can be done about that. It seems
that PGP signing is the only solution...

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Could you please be a bit less specific?