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Subject: Re: Heads up alert to mass e-mailing (spam)
From: mgg @ iceman . triad . com (Mark Galbraith)
Organization: Triad Systems, Livermore CA
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 11:11:04 -0700
To: jwagner @ Princeton . EDU
Cc: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199510101639.MAA27099@clytemnestra.Princeton.EDU> (message from John Wagner on Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:39:55 EDT)
Reply-to: mgg @ triad . com

>>>>> "John" == John Wagner <jwagner@Princeton.EDU> writes:

>> 
>> Call SpAmKiNg for the BEST BULK-E MAIL RATES! You can now reach over
>> 6 MILLION + Internet subcribers for a low cost of $425.00. (I will post your 
>> message to 2.5 MILLION GOOD E-MAIL ADDRESSES, minimum of 9500 + USENET NEWS G
>> ROUPS AND 1400 LIST SERVE MAILING LISTS)  Satisfaction IS Guaranteed! ASK abo
>> ut my Special Monthly, Bi Monthly, and Weekly rates. **SPECIAL RATES TO 501 C
>> 3 NON PROFITS.**
>> Call the SpAmKiNg at (505) 821-1945 voice mail. Please leave your NAME, ADDRE
>> SS & PHONE NUMBER. I will return your call. Sorry, incomplete information wil
>> l not receive a response.

John> Anyone care to speculate on the ramifications of several uucp sites adding 
John> this phone number to their dial-out list and setting retry to every minute?  
John> Any 505 areacode volunteers?

First call it to make sure the number is not a forgery.  I'm sure you
would be frustrated if someone gave out *your* number and then suddenly
you started getting phone calls every minute with no one there.

--
Mark Galbraith                          Senior UNIX Engineer/Postmaster
PGP Key (E3468605) = 1C B9 74 81 AD 5C 57 09    69 0B AC 09 7F 65 D6 F6
"Those that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1773)



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