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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!travagt From: David Start <travagt@primenet.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: 18 Aug 1996 04:26:01 -0700 Organization: PrimeNet Lines: 51 Message-ID: <4v6uk9$e5g@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4tpido$fif@news.nstn.ca> <4tqujk$1a0_002@bryonip.iglobal.net> <32077452.1F37@nando.net> <ballabio-0708960123520001@nntp.tsl.uu.se> <32166dc3.0@superego.idcomm.com> Reply-To: travagt@primenet.com X-Posted-By: travagt@206.165.5.109 (travagt) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.databases.ms-access:94109 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:91661 comp.lang.c++:180178 comp.lang.java:74593 comp.lang.perl.misc:37120 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:176273 comp.software-eng:41921 comp.sys.amiga.games:99934 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:161130 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure:116189 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim:124826 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:99512 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic:170856 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:69895 comp.sys.laptops:75337 comp.sys.mac.a pps:157544 comp.sys.mac.comm:162938 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:43634 comp.sys.mac.misc:133869 comp.sys.mac.portables:62034 comp.sys.mac.system:170113 comp.unix.aix:82972 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25635 control:1353681 misc.consumers.frugal-living:19682 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc:31314 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards:28592 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables:21297 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software:28332 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems:19130 Dick Erlacher <edick@idcomm.com> wrote: : ballabio@tsl.uu.se (Luigi 'Gigi' Ballabio) wrote: : >In article <32077452.1F37@nando.net>, Eric Webb <ewebb@nando.net> wrote: : >>Folks, : >> Here is some effective Spam Netiquette: : >> : >>1. Don't drown the newsgroup with replies because the sender won't see : >>them anyway : >> (that's like filling your neighbors' mailboxes with complaints about : >>junk mail). : >That's reasonable. : >>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) : >I like it, it's like make him write 100 times on the blackboard "I won't : >send stupid messages anymore"... : >>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). : >Well, that's kind of drastic. I mean, it would be a rather severe : >punishment for simple stupidity. A kid reads the spam, thinks it's fun, : >sends the message, and you send the NC Attorney General to his father. My : >alternative could be: a kid etc. etc., you send a message to his ISP, they : >freeze the account, the father gives him the swift kick in the butt he : >needs and gets the account back, or changes ISP. : >Bye, : > Luigi : ==================================================================== : You're abolutely right! EMAIL the @#$%!, don't clutter the news! : Send him the soviet constitution as an attachment (800 or so pages) 50 : times a day from every one who gets his junk. Make his ISP cut him : off! -- -------------------------travagt@primenet.com-------------------------------- Leisuretyme Travel of America - member ARC, IATA(N), CLIA... 24 Hour fare quote messaging system: 800-706-1133 x 2268 Access web for travel rebates on any ticket, and how to place classified ads in newspapers for FREE. [not MLM] http://www.primenet.com/~travagt -----------------------------------------------------------------------------