From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 23:46:45 -0800 (PST)
To: pete@ubisg.com (Pete Capelli)
Subject: Re: Excerpt on SPAM from Edupage, 11 February 1997
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Pete:
> 	Yes, but why does monetary compensation make it then O.K.?  I'd rather
> pay for my Internet access, then be bombarded by spam, no matter what
> they paid me!  I think the best soln. is the one that is currently in
> place for phone calls - they can call once, but if I tell them not to
> call me again and they do, I can then begin legal action against them. 
> I pay more per month for my phone service than my Internet service (
> although in NY, *everything* is more expensive. ), and junk phone calls
> are way more intrusive then spam.

	I figure if this scheme comes to fruition, I'll just set up a seperate
account (or procmail) to filter out the spam, deposit the coin, and go on
about my business.