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Re: Direct Mail from your Desktop?

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From: Ian Staples
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:00
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danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny) writes:

>David J N Begley  <d.begley@nepean.uws.edu.au> wrote:
>>Now this is scarey (albeit probably quite legit):
>>
>>  http://www.auspost.com.au/desktop.htm
>>
>>Guess what follows?  :-(

>It's direct snail mail, thank goodness!  (Australia Post wouldn't have
>much incentive to encourage people to send email spams.)

I expect they'll be selling spam along with hot pies the way they're
going.  ;-)   [And I just saw in the paper somewhere that Telstra is
looking into making their pay-phone booths into Internet access points.
(Assuming the Coke vending franchise falls through I guess. :)]

Cheers, Ian S.

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From: staplei@planet.mh.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples)
Subject: Re: Direct Mail from your Desktop?
Date: 1996/12/18
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