🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <7496@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.142707.14633@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
>>I believe the UK powers-that-be might do something about this incident soon...
>
>What, pray tell, can they do? Remember that the junk email came from the
>US...are they going to extradite the perpetrators? Is it even a crime under US
>law?

Sending unsolicited mail is almost certainly not a crime under US law, and
therefore, the UK is likely just out of luck.  As for the NSF connected
sites, it can be argued that there is no reasonable way to know whether a
site is on an AUP-required network or not -- therefore, it is unreasonable
to demand that one know first.  Not all people can run "traceroute", and
even if you can that proves nothing.

Certainly, the people at Abacus are not terribly wonderful in this regard.
But the flaming and threats are way, way out of line.  IMHO of course.

I would far prefer to get junk email than junk paper mail.  I can easily
trash the former; the latter kills trees and clutters up my front porch.

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