On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 destef at theo.egoode.com wrote:
> Its illegal to send unsolicited email too but that doesnt stop
> stupid-ass dot.com wannabies from still doing it. Im sure you've
> all noticed that you cant reply to most of them since they are
> bogus addresses...even though they say at the bottom to reply
> and say you want to be removed. Like it matters...you tell one
> company to remove you from thier mailing list and you still have
> 6 billion other mailing lists floating around out there with
> your name on it.

You tell one company to remove you from their list, and they do, and in
the process, manage to sell your e-mail to 60 million more companies...

> Mail relays need to put quotas on the number of names in a list
> that can be sent through them. But Im sure they're getting paid
> off so that'll never happen.

They can always set up their own mail server.. plus, there is legitimate
bulk e-mailing. (glances at the tclug list server)

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