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In article <61vo9e$riu@acmey.gatech.edu>,
Randolph McDow <mcdow@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:

>Anybody else get this spam? Any ideas on how to end it? I called
>the company, calmly expressed my displeasure, and asked to be 
>taken off the list. 

Giving you a 99.99998% chance of receiving more spam from them.

Complain to their ISP, and their ISP's ISP.  This spam appears to come
from a Compuserve (now AOL) dialup.  The karri.southwest.com.au line is
either bogus or an hijacked relay: why would someone in Australia want
to advertise for a company here in Atlanta?  The From: line is bogus,
the Message-ID has been cloaked, and the reply-to line is also bogus.
See why spammers are held in the same wide regard that child molesters,
pond scum, and cockroaches are?

Anyway, Birth^H^H^H^HBenchmark Printing Supply is a notorious spammer,
and they will spam whomever whenever and whereever.  Call them up, or
better yet, go to the store *in person* and bitch them out, saying one
or more of the following things:
  * spam is trespassing
  * spam is not guaranteed (ie, spam != free speech) by the First Amendment
  * spam is theft of resources
  * you were stealing property from the State of Georgia
  * you used a State of Georgia computer without authorization
  * I am definitely supporting Rep. Chris Smith's anti-spam bill now (HR
    1748)

Imply that they are now guilty of at least three crimes (trespass,
theft, and use of state equipment for personal gain).

>We'll see what happens. 

You're not holding your breath, are you?

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In article <61vq3n$opn@smash.gatech.edu>,
Matt Magnasco  <matt@teriyaki.BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP.gt.ed.net> wrote:

>Anyway, Birth^H^H^H^HBenchmark Printing Supply is a notorious spammer,
>and they will spam whomever whenever and whereever.  Call them up, or
>better yet, go to the store *in person* and bitch them out, saying one
>or more of the following things:
>  * spam is trespassing
>  * spam is not guaranteed (ie, spam != free speech) by the First Amendment
>  * spam is theft of resources
>  * you were stealing property from the State of Georgia
>  * you used a State of Georgia computer without authorization
>  * I am definitely supporting Rep. Chris Smith's anti-spam bill now (HR
>    1748)

Also, definitely say that you will NEVER, EVER buy any products from
them from now on, since they spammed you.  Whether you would have or not is 
irrelevant.  Hit spammers where it hurts the most: the wallet.
-- 
 ** ------------------------->> Matt Magnasco <<----------------------- **
  "Scrivo, e bevo vino [I write and I drink wine]."  Rodolfo, _La Boheme_  
  CEsenioratGeorgiaTechandanRTAandaFiendandaniceguyandRuleroftheUniverse!
 ** ---------->> http://teriyaki.gt.ed.net/matt/nasco3.html <<--------- **

In article <61vo9e$riu@acmey.gatech.edu>,
Randolph McDow <mcdow@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
>Anybody else get this spam? Any ideas on how to end it? I called
>the company, calmly expressed my displeasure, and asked to be 
>taken off the list. 
>
>We'll see what happens. 


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>Received: from karri.southwest.com.au (ad28-156.arl.compuserve.com [199.174.131
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                        True Source of The Spam!!!!!!!!

.
>
>
>                                   BENCHMARK PRINT SUPPLY
>                                          1091 Redstone Lane
>                                             Atlanta GA 30338


Congratulations! You have been spammed by Scumbag Sam, the infamous Atlanta
toner spammer, forger and thief. His real name is Sam Khuri and he is also
known as Sammy Curry. He has done business as Benchmark Printer Supply,
Benchmark Builders, and Vertex Technologies. Sammy has no less than six
liens filed against him in Dekalb county, Georgia.

Big Hint:

Don't send him any money!! COD only!

On his (now defunct) web page Sammy claimed that he had an accomplice who
worked for Compuserve and protected his account from being cancelled for
spamming. This seems to be true as he has been allowed to spam from
Compuserve with impunity since April of 1997. Complain often to 
abuse@compuserve.com but do not hold your breath as Compuserve's abuse
department seems to be brain-dead these days.

You might try complaining to some other of Sammy's phone numbers;

770-698-8698 (fax)
770-512-0083
770-399-4226
770-399-0953
770-399-5038

These numbers ring at Scumbag Sam's home so no out of hours calls please!

If you live in the Atlanta area do not deliver any over-ripe marsupial 
roadkill to his driveway. His Dunwoody neighbors are upset with him as it 
is.

If you cause Scumbag Sam enough trouble he will remove you from his list
but this is quite a bit of work.

Deil Bland              |53 confirmed kills    
dbland(at)crl(dot)com   |So Many Spammers,                  
A Very Angry Wasp!      |So little time!
   (http://www.crl.com/~dbland/shame)

In article <61vqd8$pd3@smash.gatech.edu>,
matt@teriyaki.BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP.gt.ed.net ( Matt Magnasco ) wrote:

> In article <61vq3n$opn@smash.gatech.edu>,
> Matt Magnasco  <matt@teriyaki.BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP.gt.ed.net> wrote:
> 
> >Anyway, Birth^H^H^H^HBenchmark Printing Supply is a notorious spammer,
> >and they will spam whomever whenever and whereever.  Call them up, or
> >better yet, go to the store *in person* and bitch them out, saying one
> >or more of the following things:
> >  * spam is trespassing
> >  * spam is not guaranteed (ie, spam != free speech) by the First Amendment
> >  * spam is theft of resources
> >  * you were stealing property from the State of Georgia
> >  * you used a State of Georgia computer without authorization
> >  * I am definitely supporting Rep. Chris Smith's anti-spam bill now (HR
> >    1748)
> 
> Also, definitely say that you will NEVER, EVER buy any products from
> them from now on, since they spammed you.  Whether you would have or not is 
> irrelevant.  Hit spammers where it hurts the most: the wallet.

And call them collect from a pay phone to complain.

-Wes

-- 
"...there is no guarantee that new doctrinaires will not sieze the
opportunity now before us; indeed, we have every reason to expect that they will- even to suspect that they already have. How else, after all, could science possibly proceed?" 
   -Evelyn Keller, Refiguring Life: Metaphors of 20th Century Biology
           
Wes Younger  325458 Georgia Tech Station  Atlanta, GA, 30332-1060 USA
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gt5458c  
[Remove the ? in the reply-to address. I've declared war on spam.]