November 2004 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:11558] Re: Fwd: Yahoo! News Story - FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay ...
by W3KD＠aol.com 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

In a message dated 11/9/2004 9:30:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, andy_oppel(a)earthlink.net writes: > > > > >FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay at Agency > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story& > u=/nm/20041109/us_nm/bush_fcc_powell_dc > What a revolting development, Andy. Chris

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[ARRL-ODV:11557] Re: Fwd: Yahoo! News Story - FCC's Powell Says He Will
by Kay Craigie 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Maybe he's staying because the private sector tagged him for the ignorant [bleep] that he is and he's had no juicy job offers. Wouldn't it be nice to think life has done to him what he did to us? 73 - Kay N3Kn

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[ARRL-ODV:11556] Re: Fwd: Yahoo! News Story - FCC's Powell Says He Will
by Wade Walstrom 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Rats! Andy Oppel wrote: > > > >FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay at Agency > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041109/us_nm/bush_fcc_p… > > == Andy Oppel, N6AJO > Pacific Division Vice Director

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[ARRL-ODV:11555] Re: Fwd: Yahoo! News Story - FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay at Agency
by Tuck Miller NZ6T 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Isn't that just dandy??? Andy Oppel wrote: > >> >> FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay at Agency >> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041109/us_nm/bush_fcc_p… >> > > > > == Andy Oppel, N6AJO > Pacific Division Vice Director > > > > -- ************************************************ ARRL The national association for Amateur Radio Remember, Helping Others....Always Worthwhile!! Southwestern Division Vice Director Are you a member yet? If not, please join! Check out the Convention web site at: http://arrlswdconv.org/

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[ARRL-ODV:11554] Fwd: Yahoo! News Story - FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay at Agency
by Andy Oppel 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

> >FCC's Powell Says He Will Stay at Agency >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041109/us_nm/bush_fcc_p… == Andy Oppel, N6AJO Pacific Division Vice Director

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[ARRL-ODV:11553] Minutes of Executive Committee, October 16
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

The most important decisions of the October 16 Executive Committee meeting were conveyed to you earlier. Here are the official minutes. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary <<ECMIN474.doc>>

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[ARRL-ODV:11552] Re: AOL Open Network Relay allowing / Generating Spam
by Andy Oppel 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

I have been getting similar messages, but all of those look like they were sent from me to jerry(a)ntw.net. Most contain an attachment like price.exe that gets truncated along the way (probably by an ISP's virus scanner). I believe that these messages are all generated by a virus that created the fake bounced message in an attempt to get the recipient to open the attachment. Looking at the full header of the messages, it doesn't make sense and thus is almost certainly contrived data. Dick, if you want to forward one of those messages directly to me (don't send it to arrl-odv, but to andy(a)andyoppel.com) I'll have a look at it. If you display full e-mail headers (the button labeled "Blah Blah Blah" in Eudora Pro) before you send it, I can tell more about it's origin. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 01:16 PM 11/8/2004, you wrote: >8 NOV, 2004 - 1500 CDT > >A couple of weeks ago, I tried to get AOL to close down an "open >relay" in their network that is allowing SPAM to be propagated on >the Internet. Somebody is spoofing my return address on Spam messages >and I get lots of "Returned mail: User unknown" SPAM - usually about >30 to 50 a day - all with the exact same text. > >All I can get from those bozo's are automated responses telling me that >my message to them has HTML content. This can be true only if the full- >header copy of the attached spam message has such content - link to a >probably dubious web site. After several attempts to talk to a real >person, I gave up hoping the problem would go away. > >Boy was I wrong!!! Today, I received 2648 identical "Returned Mail: >User Unknown" messages from an AOL robot. This was the count before I >interrupted my Eudora Pro email program - which damaged a lot of my email >folder indexes. I did not loose any messages, but I have now spent about >two hours cleaning up the mess. > >I will be posting a message to all Central Division members telling them >why those few people still using AOL email addresses will no longer be >able to send me a message. The only way I can stop this onslaught is to >reject all AOL addresses - which I will do before the day is over. I >have had it with AOL! They won't keep their own house in order and they >make it virtually impossible to contact a real person who could fix this >problem. > >- Dick Isely, W9GIG >

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[ARRL-ODV:11551] AOL Open Network Relay allowing / Generating Spam
by dick＠pobox.com 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

8 NOV, 2004 - 1500 CDT A couple of weeks ago, I tried to get AOL to close down an "open relay" in their network that is allowing SPAM to be propagated on the Internet. Somebody is spoofing my return address on Spam messages and I get lots of "Returned mail: User unknown" SPAM - usually about 30 to 50 a day - all with the exact same text. All I can get from those bozo's are automated responses telling me that my message to them has HTML content. This can be true only if the full- header copy of the attached spam message has such content - link to a probably dubious web site. After several attempts to talk to a real person, I gave up hoping the problem would go away. Boy was I wrong!!! Today, I received 2648 identical "Returned Mail: User Unknown" messages from an AOL robot. This was the count before I interrupted my Eudora Pro email program - which damaged a lot of my email folder indexes. I did not loose any messages, but I have now spent about two hours cleaning up the mess. I will be posting a message to all Central Division members telling them why those few people still using AOL email addresses will no longer be able to send me a message. The only way I can stop this onslaught is to reject all AOL addresses - which I will do before the day is over. I have had it with AOL! They won't keep their own house in order and they make it virtually impossible to contact a real person who could fix this problem. - Dick Isely, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:11550] FW: ARRL did not endorse Senator Kerry or anyone else
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

I guess something like this was inevitable, given the level of idiocy on some newsgroups. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 8:31 AM To: 'mharmon(a)att.net' Cc: HQ Info Subject: ARRL did not endorse Senator Kerry or anyone else Michael, there is absolutely no truth to that. Please ask whoever made such an outrageous statement to retract it. For months we have been expressing our unhappiness with the administration's endorsement of Broadband over Power Lines technology. Perhaps whoever made the posting misinterpreted those efforts. However, at no time has ARRL made any statement whatsoever with regard to Senator Kerry, nor have we made any statement whatsoever with regard to President Bush's candidacy. ARRL is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, and cannot and does not participate in campaigns on behalf of any candidate. You may post this response if you like. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer, ARRL -----Original Message----- From: Michael D. Harmon [mailto:mharmon@att.net] Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:52 AM To: HQ Info Subject: ARRL Endorsement of John Kerry On one of the ham radio related newsgroups, I read a post referring to the League's endorsement of John Kerry. I truly hope this statement was made in error. I am NOT a Kerry fan, I did not vote for the man, and I believe that it is totally irresponsible for an organization such as ARRL to insert themselves into a partisan issue such as this. Of course, it's everyone's right to voice their opinion, but don't forget, it's MY dues which keep the ARRL in business. The individual who posted the message on the newsgroup stated that he was cancelling his League membership immediately. I won't be so quick to anger, but I will say for the record that as a long-time league member, I just do not believe it's appropriate for a "public service" organization to take sides in a partisan issue. It's one thing to take a stand on issues such as BPL and spectrum protection, but I believe it's totally irresponsible to take sides in a political issue such as the 2004 election. If I thought for a moment that the League had sunk to the depths of a political special-interest group, I'd drop my membership in a Newington minute. I just hope and pray that this is not the case. However, if I ever see such irresponsible behavior on the part of the League again, you can kiss my membership goodbye. Michael D. Harmon, WB0LDJ mharmon(a)att.net

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[ARRL-ODV:11549] Re: Vanity callsign program question
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Kay, this may be related to a snafu at FCC that occurred late last week. Should be temporary. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Craigie, Kay (2nd Vice President) Sent: Sun 11/7/2004 1:32 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11548] Re: Vanity callsign program question At the Michigan State Convention today, a ham asked me about something he saw on the FCC's ULS web site. I was not aware of it, and maybe others were not, either. I just checked it out on line from my hotel room, and the guy was right. If you go to the ULS web site, here's the message you see: 11/5/2005 The granting of Amateur applications has been temporarily suspended. We apologize for the inconvenience. What's up? (or down, as the case may be). 73 - Kay N3KN

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