Looks like these people are above board afterall.  I responded thanking them
for acknowledging the message and explaining it.  Tim

>Return-Path: james_oshea@smb.com
>X-PH: V4.2.1@hermes
>From: "James O'Shea" <james_oshea@smb.com>
>Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 18:44:29 -0400 (EDT)
>To: smitht@unb.ca
>Subject: An apology from Smith Barney
>
>Redistribution to the list from which you originally received the
>problem message is kindly requested.
>
>
>Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. The email or
>posting you have seen falsely represents Smith Barney and its
>employees. These are erroneous postings that did not originate from
>anyone employed by our firm, and therefore we cannot directly stop
>them from occurring. However we have advised the companies we believe
>to have serviced the originator of these messages and we are pursuing
>all possible steps to end this fraud. Unfortunately some people abuse
>the Internet and we regret any inconvenience they may have caused you.
>
>There are currently no mailing lists maintained in the smb.com domain,
>so you were not subscribed to any list. If you receive any further
>messages of this nature, they are the product of the same spurious
>source.

( insert: a spurious source with the right return address I might note ;>, tjs )

>
>We're sorry for any inconvenience you may have experienced as a result
>of this unfortunate abuse of the 'Net.
>
>Further queries via email to postmaster@smb.com please.
>
>Thanks.
>-James
>postmaster, network security, etc.
>
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>James P. O'Shea III	
>Smith Barney Inc.
>postmaster@smb.com
>
>
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