From: "Ross Wright" <rwright@adnetsol.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:19:14 +0800
To: rich@c2.org>
Subject: Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)
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On Or About 20 Aug 96, 23:12, Rich Graves wrote:

> > > So is mailbombing the motherfucker, or more productively,
> > > virtually picketing his ISP until they kick him off for net
> > > abuse
> > 
> > That is the kind of self righteous crap that gives me the
> > creeps!!!
> 
> Good. That's called deterrence.* The market decides.
> 
> >From your earlier message, though, describing the "spamming" you
> >do, I
> really don't see you as needing deterrence
<SNIP>
> indiscriminately. OTOH, if you really target your audience well,
> especially if a human and not a bot is in charge of selecting
> prospects, then I'd call that "cold calling,"  not "spamming."

Well, that's just the way I look at it.  But some people overreact...

> Unsolicited email is moderately annoying, but I don't think it's
> anything to complain about. I filter all mail from unknown addresses
> anyway. 
> 
> * - The cool thing about this kind of deterrence is, since you're
> only defending virtual turf, you can sabre-rattle to your heart's
> content without worrying about having to actually follow through.

I do enjoy a little of that from time to time.

Ross

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