On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, David W. Tamkin wrote:
> JC was able to check the full headers of the message for
> suspicious origin or routing and surely would have
> written it off and said nothing to us if it had not
> appeared genuine.
That was my question, yes; I wouldn't've been able
to. I know only that forgeries happen. (Though it still
makes me wonder about yahoo; color me paranoid -- I stay
strictly away from those lists, even as a subscriber.)
> [I trust that "asseverate" is a kangaroo term for
> "assert".]
Sorry. I'm a linguist; playing with words is my
nature. I wanted a slightly stronger word -- and should have
thought long enough to ask simply "are you sure."
