[ale] Matrimonial --> spam problem

[Rod Young]

It is interesting that is legal to stuff the bussines reply envelops that junk
mailers use with worthles paper, but you cant do he same in cyber space. Also I
saw one argument that one type of DOS was eqivelent to an ip pickett line. The
poster argue that that should legal too. Just some thoughts and its all overmy
head.

Frank Zamenski wrote:

> Tempting. And indeed maybe illegal, although I'm not a lawyer nor do I play
> one on TV. It's also just plain unethical, unprofessional, and contributes
> to bandwidth waste. (Although there IS a limit! ;-)
>
> As is known, tough to trace them down, and when caught, the ratfinks often
> come back anyway.
>
> Could make it a federal crime, first-time offense punishable by 24/7/30
> cuffed in front of a computer to read all the spam anyone cares to forward
> to the offender. I think that'd quickly end it. If not, toss the repeat
> offender into a deep lake then throw him a life buoy... of hardcopy
> spam-in-a-sack! Fast, efficient, humane, effective.... and darn righteous,
> too! (Albeit for a while lake must be dredged daily of icky-poo spam
> remnants, for lake to remain functional as deterrent factor.)
>
> Else, cooler heads might find a practical solution....
>
> --fgz
>
> > From: "Rod Young" <development at combiz.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 11:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Matrimonial --> spam problem
> >
>
> > What are the ethics of just overloading their mail ststem with scripts.
> > I know that may seem gosh or even be illeagle. But so should spamming.
> >
> > Frank Zamenski wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jonathan Rickman" <jonathan at xcorps.net>
> > > To: <ale at ale.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 8:55 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ale] Matrimonial
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Aiswarya wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > We  have pleasure to  invite you to visit  the  biggest  and   fast
> > > growing   Indian  matrimonial website.
> > > > >
> > > > >                       http://www.Indiaoptions.com
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > OK...I can only take so much. Maybe it is about time to look into some
> > > > spam blocking for the list. This has gotten a bit out of hand over the
> > > > last few days. It's just a matter of time before they subscribe to the
> > > > list and start harvesting member addresses. At that point I'm afraid
> the
> > > > list might die a slow death, and I'd really hate to see that happen.
> > > > --
> > > > Jonathan Rickman
> > > > X Corps Security
> > > > http://www.xcorps.net
> > > >
> > >
> > > I agree. The last thing I want is to be harvested by more idiot
> spammers.
> > > Yet
> > > this spamming trend may lead to two distasteful choices: unsubscribe,
> or,
> > > the
> > > useage of a bogus address. Leaving would make me feel like I gave in to
> the
> > > low-lifes, which would just irk the hell out of me! But I also don't
> want to
> > > feel
> > > like I have to 'hide' within an otherwise high-caliber and professional
> list
> > > like
> > > this one, either.
> > >
> > > --fgz
> > >
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