Subject: CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 10:40:23 -0500 (EST)

Hi,
    i have been getting mail bombs by some people, and am looking for a way
to mail bomb them back;but i don't know how.  if there is a way to bomb them
back or prevent them from bombing me again i would apreciate it if you could
help me on either one.  I know who is doing the bombing, they are a group of
my friends, but i want to play thier game and get them back or stop them. i
would rather mail bomb them back, but if there is a way to stop them, i would
like that too.  i don;t mind it, cause i know that they are just kidding, but
my parents are getting all upset over it.     
so please help me!!!

sincerely,
premo 4

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From: Robin S Socha <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:30:10 +0100 (CET)

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On Prickle-Prickle, the 1st day of Discord in the YOLD 3163,
[email-masked] [insert your favourite swear-word here]:

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Here we go again...

  >Subject: CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You forgot the ME TOO!!!, but the massive use of exclamation marks makes
good for that. Nice personal touch...

  >to mail bomb them back;but i don't know how.

No need to stress your ignorance. One is quite aware of it... BTW, who
taught you to spell the word "mail bomb" correctly? Or did you copy it off
the latest PC-magazine?
  
  > if there is a way to bomb them back or prevent them from bombing me
  >again i would apreciate it if you could help me on either one. 

The best thing to do in this case is to take your modem chord and a hook,
fix the latter firmly to your ceiling, attach the former to the latter and
hang yourself.
  
  >I know who is doing the bombing, they are a group of my friends, but i
  >want to play thier game and get them back or stop them. i would rather
  >mail bomb them back, but if there is a way to stop them, i would like
  >that too.
  
Hang them, TOO!!!!  
  
  >i don;t mind it, cause i know that they are just kidding, but
  >my parents are getting all upset over it. so please help me!!!

Parents? I thought things like you grew on trees.

  >sincerely,
  
*Very* nice piece of irony.  

  >premo 4

What's that? "Kick me" in Italian?

Get a life and read the Netiquette. You won't find it and probably wouldn't
understand it, anyway, cause there are too many words in it, but that's ok.
It would spoil your personal style of writing emails...

If you ever get a real mail-bombing (answer this post and you could get one
FREE, NOW!!!), consult with the people at n.a.n.a.

flame off-->

Cheers,
Robin

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From: Jago <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 23:35:29 -0500

> my parents are getting all upset over it.     

First, bombing them back will not resolve the situation.  If anything, it
will only provoke them to mail bomb you again, whether they were kidding
or not.  Mailbombs are heavily frowned upon because they waste bandwidth
and, if applicable (which it is in most cases), disk space.

The best way, I feel, is to tell them to stop mail bombing you.  If they
still persist, contact their ISP with a copy of the mail bomb and all its 
message headers.  With proper evidence, the abuser's account will be shut
down in a hurry.  If the person bombing you is from AOL (like you), the
account to contact is "[email-masked]".  I picked AOL because I know they
have a specific account to deal with abuse.  Other places generally have
"root" and/or "postmaster".  If they're site is VMS, it's generally
"POSTMASTER" and/or "SYSTEM".  Whatever site, it's best to only contact
"postmaster".

It's not surprising that your parents are getting upset.  Most people do
when they receive mail bombs.  They contain merely garbage, take up disk
space, and waste bandwidth.  Don't repeat the same blunder the bomber has
done to you.  That can only make matters worse.  I hope things work out
for the best.  Regards....

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