From: Lance Cottrell <loki@infonex.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 14:47:23 +0800
To: Admin <rjj@medialab.com>
Subject: Re: Nonsense, absolute nonsense... [Fwd: HipCrime and Spam]
In-Reply-To: <199609131941.NAA15578@rintintin.Colorado.EDU>
Message-ID: <v03007802ae5fe84e82a0@[206.170.115.3]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain


>>At 21:50 9/11/96, Ross Wright <rwright@adnetsol.com> wrote to
>>cypherpunks@toad.com and remailer-operators@c2.org:
>>>As I said having a website invites comments.  It's like being a
>>>public figure.  In effect you are publishing your e-mail address.
>>
>>
>>Interesting perspective.  However, placing an email address on a web page
>>is by no means an offer to take "comments" (i.e., marketing spams) on
>>anything that strikes the spammer's fancy.
>
>How would you know what the *intent* of these other people is in placing
>mailme: tags on their public pages unless you have been to the specific
>pages. You speak only for yourself, yet you try to imply that you speak for
>everyone on the www who has placed a mailto: tag on their pages.
>

I think this is exactly the point. On a given page I might have several
mailto tags. One for comments on some subject, one for feedback, and one
for the webmaster. I expect the person mailing me to take the time to use
the correct mailbox. I created a page urging political activism, and
included a mailto for all the relevant Senators and Representatives. I
hardly think they are interested in this kind of spam.

Trawling the web for every address you can find, then mailing them all
seems very inappropriate.

	-Lance

----------------------------------------------------------
Lance Cottrell   loki@obscura.com
PGP 2.6 key available by finger or server.
Mixmaster, the next generation remailer, is now available!
http://www.obscura.com/~loki/Welcome.html or FTP to obscura.com

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra.  Suddenly
it flips over, pinning you underneath.  At night the ice
weasels come."
                        --Nietzsche
----------------------------------------------------------