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From: mh@primenet.com (Mark Hartman)
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Subject: Re: Proper Spam Protocol (was Re: $$$ Make 20,000 ...)
Date: 7 Aug 1996 07:41:02 -0700
Organization: Mark Hartman Computer Solutions
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In article <32077452.1F37@nando.net>, Eric Webb <ewebb@nando.net> wrote:
>Here is some effective Spam Netiquette:
><snip>
>2. Email a response directly to the sender and spam his mailer, not the
>newsgroups (I prefer to autosend 100 emails of the US Constitution and
>Amendments, but I don't advocate that everyone follow suit)
Don't spam anyone, even the poster. Why lower yourself to his level?
However, DO e-mail a response to the sender, and quote the entire message.
(If enough people do this, it'll have the same effect, and you won't be
violating netiquette yourself.) Don't forget to check the header info;
some of these EMR's are conscious enough to try to forge the header info,
but you'll at least be able to get the message ID and the site name.
Also mail a copy to root@<his site> and postmaster@<his site>. I
generally prefix the quote with a message like:
Dear SysAdmin:
Please counsel your user about this kind of spam. Preferably
with something large, heavy and blunt.
>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).
The Postal Inspector's office wouldn't be a bad idea either.
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