Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 17:37:01 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: un-ethical isp] Message-ID: <32F692BD.31DFF4F5@whistle.com>
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From: Steve.Howe@ice-bbs.net (Steve Howe)
Date: 03 Feb 97 01:26:43 -0900
Subject: un-ethical isp
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Dear FreeBSDers,
because of your excellent OS and superb knowledge, i/we decided to use
FreeBSD in projects for the government subcontracting starting about 2
years ago. an associate and boss became upset due to their fear of
UNIX and a sort of conspiracy developed ...
anyway - unbeknownst to me, the owners of my isp (alaska.net) were former
associates this vengeful/ignorant co-worker and boss, and together
(as i came close to finishing a project way ahead of their NT
project) they (isp) engaged in ping flooding all my machines
on my networks, grinding all my work to a complete halt for
a week, and additionally, after tracing the source of the
pinging and sending some nasty email, my isp transferred
all my email i had ever written on my personal/private
account to my boss and co-worker for review, ie, they
were looking for some goodies to get rid of me.
they hired private investigators, etc. but i
was squeaky clean, although things have
become miserable enough to quit. :)
ANYWAY - my question is, although my lawyer says my isp may be
liable for slander, is there any other recourse i can take for
them giving 2 1/2 years of my email from my personal/private
account to my boss and co-workers? i wouldn't want laws,
but i despise un-ethical behaviour such as this!
it included health information related to my family,
love letters :), thoughts, etc. all kinds of stuff
you'd never want anyone to see!
(pgp? - well not everyone i wrote to can use it!)
thanks ... please mail to hmmm@ice-bbs.net.
a friend/co-worker is allowing me use of this
account as i have no isp currently ...
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