On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Ty Sarna wrote:
> To the original poster, I hope this story will make you feel better, and
> give the other list managers a hearty laugh:
Oh yes it did, thanks Ty!
> When I started ignoring him, his final message suggested he was going to
> have me subpoenaed to federal court. A few days later, I received the
> "sobpoena" by plain mail (in an envelope with no return address, and our
> address in large type that I'm sure was meant to be intimidating, but
> was so large it just looked silly).
Perhaps he should have used crayon, or letters cut from a newspaper.
> Included was a letter (again no
> return address), threatening seizure of all our computer equipment if I
> didn't reinstate his access. The "subpoena" was a second or third
> generation photocopy of the form for Summons in a Civil Action. It
> read:
<snip desciption of generic legal form with blanks unfilled>
>
> Needless to say, I wasn't quite shaking in my boots. "Oh no, I've been
> summoned to appear in United States District Court, for the District
> of... uh, what district was that again?"
Thanks for sharing this Ty. A feeble scare tactic I must say. Since he
went to some measure of trouble to harass you, it is funny that he did
such a poor job.
> That was the last I heard from him.
No word in a couple of weeks from my list member. He made his threats, I
ignored him, and he went away. Thanks to all the comments on this list, I
am better prepared to deal with the next looney.
-Mitch
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