From: security curmudgeon (jericho[at]attrition.org)
To: theresa.melody@bakerbotts.com, Jeanne.Hamburg@bakerbotts.com
Cc: michael[at]2cactus.com, brianm (brianm[at]2cactus.com),
    Heathens (staff[at]attrition.org), legal[at]attrition.org
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:10:26 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Unprofessional Conduct


1. If you wish to contact anyone regarding Attrition.org or the content
here, start with *US*. Contacting our upstream provider without mailing us
is rude and violates a 20+ year tradition of a 'chain of command'.
http://www.attrition.org/~jericho/works/security/chain_of_command.html

2. Sending our upstream provider untrusted potentially hostile attachments
is just plain stupid. They refuse to open documents from untrusted sources
as any security aware person would. With the spread of viruses via email
attachments over the last three years, sending such documents is careless
and unthoughtful.

3. E-mail is traditionally done in ASCII text, not formats that require
specific software to view. Any correspondance with us needs to be in plain
text or it will be ignored. Further correspondance in any format other
than plain text will be viewed as intentional harassment from your
organization.


-----Original Message-----
From: Theresa.Melody@bakerbotts.com
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:30 PM
To: michael[at]inficad.com
Cc: Jeanne.Hamburg@bakerbotts.com
Subject: MasterCard/Infirngement by attrition.org


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