🚀 go-pugleaf

Terry Lee (yoda@rescomp.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
> >: > > In article <3c72rs$a5i@agate.berkeley.edu>, NJB
> >: > > <nbarratt@uclink3.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> >: > 
> >: > > >mactime@netcom.com (Tom Spearman) wrote:
> >: > > >>
> >: > > >
> >: > > >> Thanks,
> >: > > >> 
> >: > > >> Tom
> >: > > >> 415-493-0385 or 415-327-4025
> >: > > >
> >: > > >
> >: > > >Would it be polite for <everyone> to e-mail Tom and thank him for posting
> >: > > everything his
> >: > > >business has to sell? All over the place, so he can make money w/out 
> >: > > >paying for advertising and allow us to help? I'm sure going to drop him a note.

> Instead, why don't we (I think it's pretty obvious which group this
> refers to) politely ask netcom administration to please take
> appropriate action to prevent this from happenning in the future.  I have
> written the following to admin@netcom.com:

> Dear Sir:

> I would like to request that you investigate possible USENET violations of one
> of you subscribers, Tom Spearman mactime@netcom.com.

> Mr. Spearman has repeatedly posted commercial messages on the misc.forsale.*
> hierarchy.  It is my opinion and the opinion of many others on the net that
> Mr. Spearman is in clear violation of the charters of those newsgroups.  I
> would request that you take appropriate action to prevent him from doing so
> in the future.

> Best regards,

> Terry Lee


ANSWER:  I have repeatedly done so, but have never even had an
acknowledgement from Netcom until a couple of days ago.  Apparently there
is now some possibility that Netcom will help curtail the excesses of Tom
Spearman. 

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Best regards and happy holidays,
John  <JNavas@Netcom.com>