From: Rich Graves <rich@c2.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 13:05:31 +0800
To: Vipul Ved Prakash <vipul@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)
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On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:

> I don't know if there has been much discussion on the ethics of spamming
> here? Is spamming free speech? 

Yes.

So is mailbombing the motherfucker, or more productively, virtually
picketing his ISP until they kick him off for net abuse.

Ethically? We don't talk ethics much here, but I'd say it's highly unethical
to abuse a service paid for by the pooled resources of many. 

-rich