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Re: Master SPAM list

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From: John Savard
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:00
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admiral@ilos.net (Arthur D. Mira) wrote:
>In can.infohighway, bs904@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrew Nellis) wrote:

><snip>

>=>They appear to have no understanding that spamming requires, bu its
>=>very nature, a theft of other people' resources.

>Theft of other people's resources? Who or which 'other people', and
>exactly what resources are being 'stolen'?

Internet Service Providers need to allocate hard disk space to store
your E-mail until you log on and read it.

Spam means they need more hard disks to do that. Hard disks cost
money.

John Savard
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From: jsavard@teneerf.edmonton.ab.ca (John Savard)
Subject: Re: Master SPAM list
Date: 1998/03/24
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