more on IIA, this is all I will mail out, you make your own decisions on whether you would send your

[David Farber <>]

Posted-Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 20:18:50 -0500
Date: Fri 7 Jan 94 17:18:22-PST
From: Ken Laws <LAWS () ai sri com>
Subject: IIA Response
To: farber () central cis upenn edu




Hi!


Someone relayed to me the warning that you published,
written by a competitor of IIA.  I don't have experience
with either company, but I know a customer who has
been using the IIA system for a month.


Here is a response to the net-happenings message that
you circulated.  It's from information supplied by
Max Robbins, who seems to be in charge of IIA's
implementation and business aspects.  (He's
max () iia org, but I don't think he'd appreciate
a lot of email right now.)  It seems quite likely
to me that his only mistake was announcing the
service before he could handle the volume of
response that Internet publicity can generate.


I have no financial interest in this, and don't
know the players.  But I suspect that the warning
circulating on the net is unfortunate.  It is
certainly not right about iia.org being unregistered,
as I have sent mail to that host.  And I have also
heard that IIA is registered to do business in DC.


                                -- Ken Laws
                                   Computists International


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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 05:18:58 -0500
From: Scott Ward <sward () CAP GWU EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list COMMUNET <COMMUNET@uvmvm.bitnet>
Subject: Re: Possible internet credit card scam?


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From:  Scott Ward   (sward () cap gwu edu)
To:    All Concerned
Re:    International Internet Association


    Last evening I talked to Max Robbins, the executive director of the
International Internet Association.  He gave me the following information,
and I am forwarding it to you.


1.  The IIA does exist.
2.  They have been markedly low-key, but he said it was somewhat necessary
because "If we spent all our time answering Internet questions, we
wouldn't be able to get the system running."
3.  The IIA is set to formally announce its presence during COMMNET on
January 24th in Washington, D.C. and asks everyone to monitor the media
after that point.
4.  The IIA system is a set of daisy-chained SPARCstation 10s, and has the
capability to handle approximately 4,000 users.
5.  The IIA has moved its operations from the Washington, D.C. area to New
Jersey, due to negotiating difficulties with C&P Telephone (the local
telephone carrier for D.C.)


    Again, Max Robbins promises that all questions will be answered at
COMMNET, and did not ask me to release this message.  That is all the
information I know, and my mailbox is literally STUFFED due to people
asking for clarification, etc.  Please understand that I cannot answer
more mail and still carry on with my normal electronic mail.
    In reference to the matter of the credit card numbers:  Max states that
they are shipping membership packages to individuals who have already sent
applications to them.  They are currently operating at a backlog of
six weeks, but are mailing membership packages at a rate of some 100 a
day.  He also said that the IIA may be dropping its credit card number
requirement at some point in the future.  At this point, it is still
required for submission of an application.


That is all I know.


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