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In article <E3p33y.92K.0.sheppard@torfree.net>,
Bob Allisat <ab330@torfree.net> wrote:

> This is something sent to me from
> an account on the Toronto Freenet.

>>Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 20:44:16 PST
>>From: now@freenet.toronto.on.ca
>>Subject: Get Results Now
>>
>>***** The BEST Way for YOU to Market Successfully *****
>>
>>********5 Million E-mail Addresses Available ********
>>
>>Nothing works better than mass e-mail to get quick results.
>>Nothing!
>>
>>There are plenty of programs you could buy such as
>>Floodgate to pull your own addresses however, these
>>programs (even when used properly) can take up to 6 months
>>just to pull as many as 750,000 addresses!  And after
>>THAT time has elapsed you're database will have plenty
>>of addresses that are undeliverable.

> I suggest a little discussion
> is in order with the person who
> registered this "now" account.
> Their use of a free public service
> for profit making is unacceptable
> in my humble opinion. Unless they
> are willing to pay major $$$s
> for the privilige.

Bob is calling for censorship of a free medium.  The sky is falling.

Floodgate is Vernon Hale.  That should help.

If you really want to find how this got there, you're going to
have to do a lot better job of showing the full headers.
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