From: hallam@w3.org
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 03:13:03 +0800
To: Chris Claborne <Chris.Claborne@sandiegoca.attgis.com>
Subject: Re: "Junk E-Mail"
In-Reply-To: <9511201710.AA25590@toad.com>
Message-ID: <9511201851.AA28000@zorch.w3.org>
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>   The advertiser, according to the Compuserve sysop, threatened a
>mail-bombing if Compuserve tried to block them!!!  This would be a just
>cause to call in the CSOF (Cypherpunk Soldier of Fortune) for a "measured
>response". 

I think it would be better to slap a RICO suit onto the company concerned.
It sound to me like an attempt to gain financial advantage through threatening 
behaviour. Where I come from that means jail time.

	Phill