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In <2odjvs$2ur@herald.indirect.com> nike@indirect.com (Laurence Canter) writes:

to:

Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,fr.comp.os.linux

(among a dozen other groups) and signs with:

>Canter & Siegel, Immigration Attorneys

Would these IDIOTs that use the net for their own PROFIT at least LEARN
how to crosspost and AVOID using side effects to reach a media that they
DID NOT PAY FOR ?

Regards,
--
                                Michael van Elst

Internet: mlelstv@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de                mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
                                "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."

In article <2odjvs$2ur@herald.indirect.com> nike@indirect.com (Laurence Canter) writes:
>Green Card Lottery 1994 May Be The Last One!
>THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.
>
>The Green Card Lottery is a completely legal program giving away a 
>certain annual allotment of Green Cards to persons born in certain 
>countries. The lottery program was scheduled to continue on a 
>permanent basis.  However, recently, Senator Alan J Simpson 
>introduced a bill into the U. S. Congress which could end any future 
>lotteries. THE 1994 LOTTERY IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE 
>SOON, BUT IT MAY BE THE VERY LAST ONE.
>
>PERSONS BORN IN MOST COUNTRIES QUALIFY, MANY FOR 
>FIRST TIME.
>
>The only countries NOT qualifying  are: Mexico; India; P.R. China; 
>Taiwan, Philippines, North Korea, Canada, United Kingdom (except 
>Northern Ireland), Jamaica, Domican Republic, El Salvador and 
>Vietnam. 
>
>Lottery registration will take place soon.  55,000 Green Cards will be 
>given to those who register correctly.  NO JOB IS REQUIRED.
>
>THERE IS A STRICT JUNE DEADLINE. THE TIME TO START IS 
>NOW!!
>
>For FREE information via Email, send request to
>cslaw@indirect.com
>
>
>-- 
>*****************************************************************
>Canter & Siegel, Immigration Attorneys
>3333 E Camelback Road, Ste 250, Phoenix AZ  85018  USA
>cslaw@indirect.com   telephone (602)661-3911  Fax (602) 451-7617

    They sleezebuckets have posting this crap (not *cross*-posted,
which could be handled with a simple kill file but, individually
posted) in every single newsgroup that I have read this morning.
Using the Internet as a free advertising medium is *not* a valid
commercial use of the internet, especially as no legal representitive
is needed to enter this lottery. Please take a moment and write to
the sys-admin and post-master at indirect.com. We need to nip this
shit right in the bud. If they think they can get away with it, we
will see a flood of commercial posts from others that will make you
nostalgic for the simple care-free days of clueless newbies posting
"Make.Money.Fast." I wouldn't encourage letter-bombing, as it puts
a strain on the system and can cause *some* versions of *nix to blow
the file system, and cause innocent users trouble.


                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                               chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (his)
                                 vickie@njin.rutgers.edu      (hers)

Ce brave Michael van Elst ecrit:

> nike@indirect.com (Laurence Canter) writes:
> to:
> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,fr.comp.os.linux
> (among a dozen other groups) and signs with:
> >Canter & Siegel, Immigration Attorneys
> Would these IDIOTs that use the net for their own PROFIT at least LEARN


The problem seems to be solved... At least for the Net, not for the
IP provider:

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From: jdw@indirect.com (Jeffrey D. Wheelhouse)
Newsgroups: az.general,news.admin,news.admin.misc,news.admin.policy,news.groups,news.misc
Subject: Green Card Posting
Date: 13 Apr 1994 03:08:57 GMT
Organization: Internet Direct, Inc.
Lines: 31
Message-ID: <2ofno9$8h5@herald.indirect.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: rosencrantz.indirect.com
Summary: internet direct response to mass posting

Recently, one of our users posted an Advertisement to the almost 5,000 
newsgroups available from our site. If you read USENET News, you have 
probably seen it at least once. 

We do not condone this. In fact, this expressly violates our user agreement.
The users responsible for this action have been disabled on our system. Now,
the law firm of Canter & Siegel has threatened to sue us for $250,000.00

We apologize for the inconvenience and cost incurred upon USENET News 
subscribers and sites around the world by these two users.

If you have strong feelings about this issue, feel free to contact the 
individuals responsible for this posting directly:

	 Canter and Siegel, Immigration Attorneys
  PHONE: (602) 661-3911
    FAX: (602) 451-9717
ADDRESS: 3333 E. Camelback Rd., Ste 250
	 Phoenix, Arizona USA 85018

For a more comprehensive statement concerning this incident, please 
check the first couple of entries in our gopher server (gopher.indirect.com).

I apologize for cross-posting to so many groups, but the volume of email we
are getting is crashing our site, and I wanted to get something out quickly.

Thank you for your understanding,
Jeff Wheelhouse (jdw@rosencrantz.indirect.com)
System Administrator
Internet Direct
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