1996-08-22 - Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)

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From: Jim Gillogly <jim@ACM.ORG>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 88400b3c38d57636e3d9289c57780474d4f52efd2c6d85043e95480656914220
Message ID: <199608212046.NAA23129@mycroft.rand.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-22 00:24:15 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 08:24:15 +0800

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From: Jim Gillogly <jim@ACM.ORG>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 08:24:15 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)
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"Paul S. Penrod" <furballs@netcom.com> writes:
>Practically, it would be better to allow and promote a technological 
>outlet for all of this, as it will never go away, so long as the medium 
>exists.

The technological outlet already exists: polite marketers use Web pages,
so that people who are interested in their offerings can find them using
one of the search engines.  Market droids (get over it, dude) are
unwilling to reach only people who are interested in their products.

	Jim Gillogly
	Trewesday, 29 Wedmath S.R. 1996, 20:45





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