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Article #2122Re: Question about unsolicited Internet Email.
From: Spiros Triantafyllopoulos
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 16:22
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 16:22
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In article <1992Oct5.151336.15446@infodev.cam.ac.uk> ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant) writes: >In article <1992Oct5.115945.29105@Gwinnett.COM> todd@Gwinnett.COM (Todd Reese) writes: >>They (Abacus) learned of their mistake within a short time. People make >>mistakes in real life every day. Are those people of the net faultless?? > >I'm sorry, are you saying that (a) the collection of a list containing >international e-mail addresses, or (b) sending mail to everyone on that >list, were *accidental*? If not, I don't see where the 'mistake' comes >into it. Or do you mean these people were mistaken in their belief that >all national and international academic networks are provided for the >purpose of carrying (without charge) free international corporate >advertising? Frankly, I wouldn't call this a mistake, I'd call it an >example of gross stupidity. Good to see that my prediction regarding the fate of the net in the post Mutlu days is coming to be true. I predicted the political parties, and yessir, clinton-gore.org shows up. I predicted commercial operations (such as the 'mistaken' abacus) flooding the net, and it happens; Let's see, we've got the Hair Club for Men (hair.com) still missing. Any volunteers? Spiros -- Spiros Triantafyllopoulos c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com Software Technology, Delco Electronics striantafyll@kosds1.gm.hac.com GM Hughes Electronics, Kokomo, IN 46904 [A Different Kind of Disclaimer]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!sdd.hp.com!caen!rphroy!kocrsv01!c23st From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.admin.misc Subject: Re: Question about unsolicited Internet Email. Keywords: question legal use email Message-ID: <1992Oct5.162255.21218@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com> Date: 5 Oct 92 16:22:55 GMT References: <1992Oct05.084013.24430@clarinet.com> <1992Oct5.115945.29105@Gwinnett.COM> <1992Oct5.151336.15446@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Sender: news@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Usenet News Account) Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Lines: 29