Subject: Re: Bulk Mail Software

From: [email-masked] (Just Peter)
Date: 26 Dec 1996 21:52:48 GMT

: Future Watch
: Enpower don't disarm.

Future Watch,

Your argument is absolutely stupid and naive.  Here is the blatant hole 
in your garbage argument:

Once the "small companies" are all gone, we only have the few large
mega spam companies to deal with, right?

Well, once that happens, our sysadms can all block them, and then they'll
die too.

Case in point.  My school has blocked all email coming from the domain
moneyworld.com.  What do you think will happen to that company if
EVERYBODY blocked their email?

You can't have a billion blocked domains.  Better that we take action
into our own hands for the small guys, and let our school/company/what
ever take care of the rest.

Personally, I think we should send people who take advantage of free
USENET posting to advertise products to prison.  Then again, I know that
i'm somewhat of a radical on this point.

Peter

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From: "Randolph L. Wicks Jr." <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 21:44:22 -0600 (CST)

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From: [email-masked] (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)
Date: 27 Dec 1996 06:46:33 GMT

Just Peter ([email-masked]) wrote:
: 
: Personally, I think we should send people who take advantage of free
: USENET posting to advertise products to prison.  Then again, I know that
: i'm somewhat of a radical on this point.

Prison? 

They can't pay the fines if they're in prison.

It's a fine idea, certainly, but the end of spam is nigh. 

It's in the courts and thefederal agency conference rooms as we speak.
The decision is determined. All that remains is how to write it up properly.
That and deciding if the fines set forth in USC 47 section 227 are
appropriate. These assholes waste a LOT of disk space when taken together.
It could well cost them a lot more than the $500 per.

Lock and load, folks. Keep them at bay until the ruling is handed down.
We ARE going to win this one. Very shortly.