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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!News1.mcs.net!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet From: Steve Derby <sderby@sdeco.com> Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-access,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.software-eng,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.system,co mp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,control,misc.consumers.frugal-living,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems Subject: Re: Proper Spam Protocol (was Re: $$$ Make 20,000 ...) Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 19:06:20 -0700 Organization: The S. Derby Entertainment Company Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3207FA1C.4A09@sdeco.com> References: <4tpido$fif@news.nstn.ca> <4tqujk$1a0_002@bryonip.iglobal.net> <32077452.1F37@nando.net> Reply-To: sderby@sdeco.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sderby.vip.best.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.databases.ms-access:91566 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:88064 comp.lang.c++:177717 comp.lang.java:71559 comp.lang.perl.misc:35499 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:167773 comp.software-eng:41491 comp.sys.amiga.games:99167 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:158511 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure:114183 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim:122519 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:98050 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic:167702 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:68757 comp.sys.laptops:73646 comp.sys.mac.a pps:156251 comp.sys.mac.comm:161112 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:42423 comp.sys.mac.misc:132548 comp.sys.mac.portables:61184 comp.sys.mac.system:167748 comp.unix.aix:82224 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25060 control:1307577 misc.consumers.frugal-living:18843 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc:30380 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards:27770 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables:20511 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software:27562 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems:18273 Eric Webb wrote: Most of your suggestions are good, but this one isn't appropriate: > 3. If the post is proposes an illegal activity, such as this chain > letter/pyramid > scheme, send a copy to the appropriate government authorities > (I sent a copy to the NC Attorney General and the US FCC). Instead, you should send it to the postal inspections office. There's more details at USPS's page about sweeps fraud (pyramid scams that request money through the mail are covered on mail sweepstakes fraud laws): http://www.usps.gov/websites/depart/inspect/swepmenu.htm -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contests on the Web! http://www.sdeco.com/contests/ CotW! WebScramble http://www.sdeco.com/contests/webscramble/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------