How Jerry Pournelle got kicked off the ARPANET

This file explains why Jerry Pournell <POURNE@MIT-MC.ARPA (ex-tm)> is no longer on the ARPANet. It's in chronological order. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding and confusion that may exist.
The Whole Story

Links to individual messages can be found below.


Date: 19 January 1984 00:50 EST
From: Christopher C. Stacy <CSTACY @ MIT-MC>
Subject:  TACACS
To: REM @ MIT-MC, BANDY @ MIT-MC, DEVON @ MIT-MC, DIGEX @ MIT-MC,
    JURGEN @ MIT-MC, PINTO @ MIT-MC, POURNE @ MIT-MC, KFL @ MIT-MC,
    STEVEH @ MIT-MC, GUMBY @ MIT-MC, IAN @ SRI-NIC
cc: USER-ACCOUNTS @ MIT-MC
Message
Date: Wed, 29 May 85 06:16:01 EST
From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: POURNE@MIT-MC.ARPA
cc: USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Thu, 30 May 85 03:57:38 EST
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Thu, 30 May 85 11:23:26 EST
From: David Vinayak Wallace <GUMBY at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject:   Surprise!
Message
Date: Wed, 29 May 85 07:04:16 EST
From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA>
Message
Date: Thu, 30 May 85 18:44:42 EST
From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: POURNE@MIT-MC.ARPA
cc: GUMBY@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Fri, 31 May 85 01:11:16 EST
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE@MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: KLOTZ@MIT-MC.ARPA
cc: GUMBY@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: 31 MAY 1985 0225 EST
From: GSB at MIT-MC.ARPA (Glenn S. Burke)
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Fri, 31 May 85 09:39 EDT
From: Kent M Pitman <KMP at SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA>
To:   CStacy at MIT-MC.ARPA
cc:   Klotz at MIT-MC.ARPA, KMP at SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA,
      Gumby at MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject:   Pourne
Message
Date: Fri, 31 May 85 11:02:27 EST
From: John G. Aspinall <JGA at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA, GSB at MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject:   just think of it...
Message
Date: Sat,  1 Jun 85 04:37:47 EST
From: David Vinayak Wallace <GUMBY at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject:   POURNE
Message
Date: Sat,  1 Jun 85 00:09:30 EST
From: Glenn S. Burke <GSB at MIT-MC.ARPA>
Message
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 85 16:01:51 EST
From: David Vinayak Wallace <GUMBY at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject:   pourne
Message
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 85 16:54:04 EST
From: Christopher C. Stacy <CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: ACCOUNTS-HELD-REFUSED@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 85 17:04:29 EST
From: Christopher C. Stacy <CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 85 17:55:12 EST
From: David Vinayak Wallace <GUMBY at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   KLOTZ at MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject:   POURNE
Message
Date: Monday, 8 July 1985  15:45-EDT
From: "Franz Mark" at LLL-MFE.ARPA
Re:   WESTERCON 38 and The Pournelle/ARPANET Split
Message
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 85 22:35:03 EDT
From: Christopher C. Stacy <CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Subject:  [kerch: Jerry Pournelle]
To: USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Wed Jul 24 13:15:44 1985
From: kerch at lll-tis-b (Berry Kercheval)
To:   CSTACY
Re:   Jerry Pournelle
Status: N 
Message
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 85 23:00:04 EDT
From: David Vinayak Wallace <GUMBY@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Subject:  [kerch: Jerry Pournelle]
To: CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA
cc: USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1985  00:04 EDT
From: PGS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA
To:   "Christopher C. Stacy" <CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Cc:   USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject: [kerch: Jerry Pournelle]
Message
Date: Wednesday, 24 July 1985  22:35-EDT
From: Christopher C. Stacy <CSTACY at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To:   USER-ACCOUNTS at MIT-MC.ARPA
Re:   [kerch: Jerry Pournelle]
Message
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 85 14:06:21 EDT
From: Daniel Weise <DANIEL@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Subject: Pournelle and Byte.
To: PGS@MIT-MC.ARPA, USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA,
    CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Wed,  9 Oct 85 23:55:48 EDT
From: Leigh L. Klotz <KLOTZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: user-a@MIT-OZ
Message
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 85 16:45:09 EDT
From: "Christopher C. Stacy" <CSTACY@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Subject:  vax135!petsd!pedsgd!bobh at UCB-VAX.Berkeley.EDU
To: USER-ACCOUNTS@MIT-MC.ARPA
Message
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1985  23:10 EST
From: PGS%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA
To:   user-a@MIT-MC.ARPA
Subject: Pournelle
Message