🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi everyone:

Well, the advertising weasels strike again!

I just received the following message from a government site, no less!
The 'To:' address appears to be a mailing list expander so there's no
telling how many other people have received this.  Boy, haven't these
people learned from Abacus's mistake?

Now, I *pay* for my e-mail and news.  This has just cost the co-op to 
which I belong transport costs to get it here via UUNET, as well as my 
long distance costs to get it to my site.  I have no problem with this, 
but I *really* get angry when I have to pay for the subsidization of 
someone else's advertising...no matter *what* "Dixie" says contrary to 
this.

I understand this has cost all of about 6 cents, but if this kind of
trend continues and increases, pretty soon it won't be a 6 cent cost
anymore, will it?!

The purpose of this post is three-fold:

1.  Has anyone else received a copy of this?
2.  To get the discouraging letters flowing to prevent this again.
3.  Surely a *government* site will take swift action against this?

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> Date:   Sun, 11 Oct 1992 08:23:36 -0400
> From:   rsilver@beta.lanl.gov (Roland Silver)
> Message-Id: <9210111223.AA02014@beta.lanl.gov>
> To:     rsml1@beta.lanl.gov
> Subject: fractal newsletter
>
> I publish a newsletter about fractals called Amygdala (29 issues so 
> far) which you may be interested in.

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> The price for 10 issues, including First Class / Air Mail postage, is
> US $28.20; Canada/Mexico $32.00; Other $39.00
>
> If you're eager to subscribe, you can email me your order with 
> VISA/MasterCard number and expiration date.

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Steve Frampton  -  frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca
Vicuna Systems BBS - 613/547-5066 [9600 v.32/.42bis]