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How to handle commercial e-mail. or "WE MASS E-MAIL YOUR AD TO 900K - $59"

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From: Everrod
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 00:00
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On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, Bill Atchison wrote:
> I've been thinking about adding a tag line:
> Unsolicited junk e-mail charged $5 per occurence.
> Then actually send them a bill, with e-mail attached
> and an itemized list of service costs and administrative
> costs to process the bill ;)
> When they refuse to pay, send it to collections!

Good idea. Would a collection agency take such an account?  How could we 
get the true identity and address of the spammer so collection could be 
pursued?  To have any effect, the spammer must believe it can.

Everrod
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From: Everrod <goodbest@crl14.crl.com>
Subject: How to handle commercial e-mail. or "WE MASS E-MAIL YOUR AD TO 900K - $59"
Date: 1996/09/12
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