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REPLY TO 05/22/94 18:01 FROM SCRIPT-L@UGA.BITNET "IBM vs Waterloo SCRIPT
discussion group"

"Yuan P. Li" <liyuan@CLOCKWISE.ATT.COM> writes,
>X-To:         circplus@idbsu.idbsu.edu, cmspip-l@vm.marist.edu,
>        ... [numerous addresses deleted]
>To:           Multiple recipients of list SCRIPT-L <SCRIPT-L@UGA.BITNET>
>        ... [deleted]
>>Subject: Kill this junk-email
>
>>Subject: Income Opportunities ...

>How did I get this kind of junk email? Does any body know
>how I can kill this type of email, forever?
>Yuan P Li

You got it because some bozo decided that sending multiple copies of
his salespitch to everyone on the Internet was a clever thing to do.

There is no reliable way to kill it forever, unless you unsubscribe
from all your lists.  However,

1.  Don't make it worse.  If you must post to the list about it, then
    don't include three pages of listnames/addresses.
2.  The best way to respond is to reply to the SENDER.  Include the
    entire text of his posting, plus all headers, etc. (that is, all
    the stuff that you should NOT include if you post to the list.
    Your subject line should be the one the sender suggests, so he
    will read your reply.  After including all his junk, you should
    explain to him why what he is doing is a BAD THING.  Do this in
    whatever way you find appropriate.

Typically, when someone tries this network junkmail stunt, they get
buried in hostile responses (cf. the famous Green Card Lottery).  Our
collective hope is that if everyone who abuses the net in this
fashion gets buried in flames, they'll learn that this is not a good
way to run their business.

Mark C. Lawrence
Systems Programmer     Internet: M.Lawrence@Forsythe.Stanford.edu
Stanford Data Center     Bitnet: M.Lawrence@STANFORD
Stanford, CA 94305-4136     Tel: (415) 723-4976

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