This fraudulent message was mass-mailed 26 May 1997. Timestamps show the messages going out around 0734EDT or earlier though at least 0940 EDT. As a result, we are again experiencing a significant inflow of undeliverable bounced messages. A second such attack was conducted in the afternoon of 26 May, from about 1600 to about 1730 EDT.  
 
Here is one of the bounced messages:
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>      Mon, 26 May 97 07:34:45 MDT
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>      Sat, 26 Apr 97 07:34:46 MDT
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>From: jim@newmediagroup.com
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>Date: Mon, 26 May 97 11:55:06 EST
>To: jim@youlldie2.com
>Subject: Terrorism on the internet? Or a lesson to a crank?
>Content-Length: 2293
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Message-ID: I can send a million per hour - and you???
>X-UIDL: ONE MILLION PER HOUR!
>
>Hi,
>
>With reference to Jim Youll (www.newmediagroup.com) and his 'e-mail attack' and threats.
>
>Mr. Youll is a notorious spammer - there is *no* doubt about that - visit his site - he 'claims' he isn't!!!
>
>Mr. Youll now claims to be an  anti-spam campaigner - as is his right. That is not the problem. The problem is Mr. 
>Youll's methods. Mr. Youll has a list of all e-mail addresses and domains he 'thinks' he has 
>received unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) from. 
>
>Emphasis on the word 'thinks'.
>
>Any clever marketer with cheap mass mass
>mailing software can easily mail e-mail appear to come from anywhere.
>
>Mr. Youll has not enough technical ability to read e-mail headers adequately (hence his 
>'drama-queen' type pleas for help from newsgroup users to help track Nukenet down.) and
>his list is far from accurate.
>
>Whenever he receives UCE - he forwards  a copy to all those on his list - often multiple copies -
>which end up in the mailboxes of those  - whether guilty or not of sending the original UCE.
>
>Mr. Youll's actions have already resulted in accounts being terminated that have *nothing*
>whatsoever to do with commercial mail or e-mail - as he usually sends copies to postmasters,

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Jim Youll is jim@newmediagroup.com
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