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Re: IBM becomes a SPAM Sponsor!

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From: dewarr
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 00:00
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In article <wjevpujjnpbz.f1vmge1.pminews@news.wwa.com>,
  "James W. Richards" <jwrichDELTHIS@wwa.com> wrote:
> I just this e-mail received from IBM today.  I am really sick about it.  What
> the hell
> is IBM thinking with this move into spamming.  Is this their definition
> of e-commerce?  It looks like they are more screwed up than I
> could possibly imagine.  This just is just about the final straw in
> my thinking about staying with IBM products like OS/2.

It is hard to believe that there are people as naive as James around! Of
COURSE this did not come from IBM! How could anyone with any knowledge
whatsoever of how the internet works possibly think this for a moment.
Well I guess that's the trouble, there are a lot of people on the net
at this stage who haven't a clue!

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Subject: Re: IBM becomes a SPAM Sponsor!
Date: 1998/11/04
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