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[INTERACTION][EMAIL] Personal emails from Orbicon employees
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Thunderwolf
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Well, I sent Steven Mae an email asking what his views were on PBTE, CARTS, etc, and I got a reply.... but not from him:

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Dear Mr. Karl,

Due to Dr. Mae's busy schedule, Professor Bronco has asked that I answer his mail, since Dr. Mae promised to answer contestant questions in the Station FAQ.

I see that Dr. Mae has responded to you letter previously, but I have to wonder if you are one of those nuts from the Path Back to Eden organization. Leave it to the crazy people to see messages in fold lines on brochures. I must ask that your organization not inundate our corporate resources with frivolous banter simply to take up valuable time and resources. I find it interesting that a group so bent on staying on Earth would use energy from power plants run by limited resources.

Sincerely,
Martha Crappert Ph. D.
Facilities Services


She seems pretty angry, and also pretty quick to point the finger at me.
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Thunderwolf
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and a reply:

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Dear Mr. Smith,

I have had the IS department check Dr. Mae's sent messages log, and he did indeed respond to your first letter. It obviously wasn't undeliverable because I read it! I checked with the IS department just to make sure and there are no quota systems set up on the email servers. That he used the same format and wording as an "undeliverable message" does not surprise me, as Dr. Mae is an intelligent man. Perhaps he was giving you a subtle hint to leave him alone, and keep you from sending him more bothersome messages.

Sincerely,
Martha Crappert Ph. D.
Facilities Services


So it would seem that any "undeliverable" messages have indeed been "handcrafted".


I don't think she likes me very much.
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camdman
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Hmmm, so according to martha, steven was the one replying and indicating that his mailbox was full? This just doesn't sit well with me, because steven asked the finalists of the name that rock comp to email him, why would he try to brush these people off? He also seemed to be surprised about the mailbox error in the finalist's press conference:

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[22:17] StevenMae: I'll have the IT dept. look into it


Also, according to one of davina's blogs:

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when I went to email my father, I got an error saying his mailbox was full


I'm speculating, but would it be possible that someone is accessing orbicon employees email accounts and sending these "mailbox is full" replies? Possibly related to the hacking of the site, or the resignation of Reinhardt? I have no real basis for this, but could it be possible?

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camdman wrote:
Hmmm, so according to martha, steven was the one replying and indicating that his mailbox was full? This just doesn't sit well with me, because steven asked the finalists of the name that rock comp to email him, why would he try to brush these people off? He also seemed to be surprised about the mailbox error in the finalist's press conference:

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[22:17] StevenMae: I'll have the IT dept. look into it


Also, according to one of davina's blogs:

Quote:
when I went to email my father, I got an error saying his mailbox was full


I'm speculating, but would it be possible that someone is accessing orbicon employees email accounts and sending these "mailbox is full" replies? Possibly related to the hacking of the site, or the resignation of Reinhardt? I have no real basis for this, but could it be possible?


Yep yep! That is exactly what I was thinking as I read that last email. What content did the emails have that were "undeliverable"? That might give us a clue as to who is behind this. Obviously some people don't want certain information to be communicated.

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Thunderwolf
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My prime suspect is Martha. I've emailed Davina at the Maefamily.info address informing her that the undeliverable messages are possible fakes.

here is the question I sent to Steven Mae:



Quote:
Hello Dr. Mae,
As you had pressing matters to attend to during the conference for the ame That Rock contest finalists, I never got to ask the question I had planned on asking, and so here it is: What is your reaction to the many anti-orbicon lobby groups that exist, specifically C.A.R.T.S, Path Back To Eden and TheInept? As a related issue, do you feel that the work you are contributing to at Orbicon is beneficial or detrimental to the human race and / or planet Earth?

Thankyou for your time,
Karl Smith.


However, some time ago (before the competition winners were announced), I sent a seperate email to Steven Mae asking him about Seth. I believe it was this one which prompted Crappert to file me into the "PBTE crazy people". Either way, I don't think Dr. Mae actually read either message.
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KTTabris
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I think that the IT department is deffintly screwing with the local computers. In Davina's responce on her blog she says, "I don't understand how this "device driver" simply disappeared, but it's back now and the scanner is working." which sounds like tampering to me.

Who wouldn't want her to post pictures?

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KTTabris wrote:
I think that the IT department is deffintly screwing with the local computers. In Davina's responce on her blog she says, "I don't understand how this "device driver" simply disappeared, but it's back now and the scanner is working." which sounds like tampering to me.

Who wouldn't want her to post pictures?


And if it is something intentional...

How di they knwo she was about to scan those pictures?
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Thunderwolf
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I just got an email from Davina:

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Karl,

I'm still getting used to the idea that people are actually reading my
diary, so I was a little shocked when I received an inbox full of emails
about one bounced message. It seems that my little email mystery wasn't
much of a mystery at all. I looked back at the email I tried to send my
father and saw that I had accidentally sent it to the wrong email
address. I guess, for once, I should be glad that my friend never
checks his email. Are you sure you sent the email to Steven's address?
Maybe you did the same sort of thing I did? Although you said that
Steven replied? Hmmmm, strange. Let me know if you find anything out.

Davina Bronco


in her blog she mentions this friend by name, Darin.

I'm almost tempted to mail Martha back and quiz her, but I think I'll leave it for now, don't want her thinking I really am one of the "crazy people" (even if I do look like an eco-warrior. I think I need a shave)
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