From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:31:22 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Spamming (Good or Bad?)
In-Reply-To: <3.0b11.32.19960823114947.006d7d7c@central.tansoft.com>
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In <3.0b11.32.19960823114947.006d7d7c@central.tansoft.com>, on 08/23/96 at 11:49 AM,
   "James C. Sewell" <jims@MPGN.COM> said:

>At 03:35 AM 8/23/96 +0000, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:
>>
>>This is peculiar. Nobody seems to mind ads in Newspapers, printed 
>>magazines, TV, and for that matter web sites. That is unwanted stuff

>I'd suggest that most/all of us 'mind' ads in papers, tv, etc.  The 
>difference is that while we can do nothing about commercials on
>TV (short of breaking federal law and jamming the signal) we can
>do something about spam.  If there is enough concensus we can
>develop/distribute/encourage the use of  new mailers that will help
>defeat spam.  

> For example:  If mail comes into a server that has more than 25
>recipients then it is only forwarded to those who have "signed up"
>for that sender.  When we subscribe to Cypherpunks we also have
>to register that with our network of mail servers.  Then if Mr. Spam
>sends stuff out it's not been "signed up" for so it gets trashed.

>I don't really like mail servers redirecting my mail, but perhaps we
>could arrive at a reasonable criteria for filtering if we tried real hard.


No I have to dissagree. Who I send mail to or whom I receive mail from is no-ones business. I for one have no intention of "signing up" or "regestering" with any mail server. I most certainally want to be the one to decide what mail I receive or do not receive, not someone elses idea of what I should receive.

Sorry but I will not be made a sheep for the "protection" from spam. baah baah


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