Re: [DL] Again, Apologies to all (John Vogel)

[darious@nmia.com]

This is in AB's hands, and he has a lot more experience in abusive 
internet situations then I, but it sounds. . . plausible, especially given 
the long time that you've been on the listserv.

The one thing that you won't be able to get around is how did /anyone/ 
else get your password?  Albeit indirectly, you are still responsible for 
what happened.  (Of which, the only thing that really happened is that we 
were both annoyed and amused by what happened.  Okay, the amusing part was 
the dogging  OF you, but it was still amusing.)


What /I/ can offer is, if you are willing to go without your computer for 
about a week, I can run a forensic analysis of the drive and see if any 
evidence was left behind to allow you to prove to Mom that little timmy is 
a little punk deserving of a c-punch.

This will be of limited use if the password was compromised on your 
system but the trolling took place elsewhere.   If little timmy was home 
during the time period, then you might be able to work with mom on this 
to grab the home machine.  
The trick is to not let the kid know what's up so as to mimimize his 
attempts to cover his tracks.

If you want this followed futher, contact me off list.  Any evidence 
gained will not stand up in court, but it might help convince, one way or 
another, as to what happened.  

> 
> As I stated in a previous message, this s**t flood was
> not of my doing.  To the best of my knowledge, a young
> relative of mine got my email address (velvetandiron)
> and password off my computer.  He then proceeded to
> flame everybody on every list I was a member of. 
> Incidentally, this has now caused a family rift in
> addition to everything else, as the boy is denying it
> and his mother is sticking by him.