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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!kettle.magna.com.au!uunet!in3.uu.net!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-10.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!news2.noc.netcom.net!noc.netcom.net!ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: Giuliano Carlini <giuliano@ix.netcom.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, 13 Aug 1996 13:05:25 -0700 Organization: Netcom Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3210E005.3C3D@ix.netcom.com> References: <4tpido$fif@news.nstn.ca> <4tqujk$1a0_002@bryonip.iglobal.net> <32077452.1F37@nando.net> <ballabio-0708960123520001@nntp.tsl.uu.se> <320A8646.1228@ix.netcom.com> <320FB124.5FDE@internorth.com> Reply-To: giuliano@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lbx-ca6-08.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Aug 13 1:05:37 PM PDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.databases.ms-access:92940 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:89792 comp.lang.c++:179147 comp.lang.java:73410 comp.lang.perl.misc:36384 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:170308 comp.software-eng:41770 comp.sys.amiga.games:99644 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:159944 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure:115224 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim:123764 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:98869 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic:169630 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:69420 comp.sys.laptops:74751 comp.sys.mac.a pps:156945 comp.sys.mac.comm:162197 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:43202 comp.sys.mac.misc:133297 comp.sys.mac.portables:61680 comp.sys.mac.system:169179 comp.unix.aix:82682 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25440 control:1332769 misc.consumers.frugal-living:19290 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc:30941 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards:28223 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables:20973 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software:28029 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems:18749 Charlene Vickers wrote: > > The biggest problem with going the legal way (in my experience) is that > a huge percentage of these schemes arise outside of the US. Many countries have similar laws. I'd hope that the American authorities would pass on the info to their foreign counterparts. This probably happens rarely now, but as the net grows, international cooperation to stop net crimes will also grow. The best way to help this growth is to make noise when these crimes occur. If law enforcement doesn't see a problem they don't know it is there after all. g