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IP: are you sure I am from UPenn?
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 21:34:23 -0400
By the way I am back from Tokyo (just) and after some rest, I will send a Tokyo Diary entry. Last week while I was gone, the Philly INQUIRER published a story about your truly. It is on my Web site under the NEW entry Dave VANITY E-MAIL BUGS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS A new e-mail service offered by New Century Technologies gives customers an e-mail address sporting a prestigious university domain name for $25 a year. The customer, who must have a valid e-mail address somewhere else, then receives mail addressed to user () DukeU com, or whatever school is chosen. The vanity address closely resembles the real thing, except it ends in .com instead of .edu. The universities aren't happy about the impersonation: "You can't assume people understand that the address isn't affiliated with the university somehow," says Florida State's director of Web development. A member of Georgia Tech's licensing committee is even more adamant: "They can't do that. People can't sell anything over the Internet and use our name without paying us royalties. We will fight this." (Chronicle of Higher Education Academe Today 19 Sep 96)
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