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Re: WE MASS E-MAIL YOUR AD TO 900K - $59

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From: Richard Sexton
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <50paqg$ms@nic.ott.hookup.net>, Rob Hall <rob@ottawa.net> wrote:
>In article <50p62g$ld8@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca>, king@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca says...
>>
>>You have a better idea? These junk e-mails are rapidly becoming moe than a
>>simple annoyance. Once they start getting in my way, I will deal with them
>>in whatever manner I deem appropriate. Once a few offending servers get
>>shut down, some notice will be taken.
>
>Most of the time the offender is the client of the ISP, not the ISP.  To punish 
>the ISP and 'shut down their servers' is not appropriate behavior on the Net 
>anymore than junk email is.

You have a better idea ?

Usenet was far more readable before "ISP's" existed, and there was no
email spam back when "ISP's" allowed anybody with $25/mo to send
(presumably illegal) unsolicited commercial email.

Live by the junk mail, die by the junk mail.

-- 
Richard Sexton
root@cabal.org
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From: richard@interlog.com (Richard Sexton)
Subject: Re: WE MASS E-MAIL YOUR AD TO 900K - $59
Date: 1996/09/07
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