Oh, and it might be a "Joe Job" smear attempt instead, considering the
> post has the (alleged) full name and address at the bottom.
It *is* a Joe Job, and a ludicrously obvious one at that. Tom St.Denis is a frequent and valuable (if occasionally rather brusk) contributor to sci.crypt, and some nimrod he annoyed is obviously trying to cause major trouble for him.
I will complain to his hosting company and to Google (his GMail return
> address) but it is much more effective if lots of people do it.
Please don't. The message wasn't written by Tom, and it didn't originate from Google.
Kevin