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Re: Question about unsolicited Internet Email.

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From: David Morning
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 12:57
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jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:

>crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:

>>I've already taken adequate measures to stop physical junk mail. There are
>>also sufficient regulations to stop me receiving junk e-mail from within the
>>UK. The problem comes with international cowboys.

>>I believe the UK powers-that-be might do something about this incident soon...

>I have an idea.  Why don't you delicate Brit Pussys just pull your internet
>plug?  That'll stop your junk mail for sure.  Most other users can simply
>hit the "d" key or whatever their mailer uses to delete a message.

Nah! Bombing runs are usually quite effective.
But man pages? Jeez!!!

I usually return all junk mail but not to the original company. Collect a few
together, swap the return envelopes and send it back. It's amazing how
quickly your name gets removed from the mailing lists!!

Dave (Junk snail mail free)

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!glasgow!dam
From: dam@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (David Morning)
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Subject: Re: Question about unsolicited Internet Email.
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Date: 8 Oct 92 12:57:11 GMT
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