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Re: WTB: Echo-back software against junk e-mail advertisers
- Subject: Re: WTB: Echo-back software against junk e-mail advertisers
- From: dastar@crl.com (Sam Ismail)
- Date: 1997/01/28
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest]
- References: <5ce0mm$co8@lynx.unm.edu> <5cg4pe$3h2@eddore.myrias.com>
Devin Reade (gdr@eddore.myrias.com) wrote:
: The last thing to consider with such a bulk emailing is that there
: is a fine line between flooding their mailbox (which is annoying to
: the originator) and flooding the site to the extent that nobody at
: that ISP gets mail (you may also crash the ISP mail machine). The
: former sometimes works. The latter gets (usually innocent) people pissed
: off at you.
Good. Their complaints will help lead to the idiot user who is spamming
from their ISP and quicken his departure from the internet. Plus, if
an ISP has a lax policy on spamming, their site should get spammed.
--
Sam
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