From: "Paul H. Merrill" <PaulMerrill@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 14:09:23 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Re: Netscape AOL Instant Messenger Confirmation (kB3bEjeb1I aohels
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From: lcs Mixmaster Remailer <mix@anon.lcs.mit.edu>
To: paul h. merrill <paulmerrill@acm.org>; cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
<cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Netscape AOL Instant Messenger Confirmation (kB3bEjeb1I
aohels


>Do you even bother to read the posts you try to flame? Read the last part
of
>that.
>
Yes, I do.  I do not buy the domain check idea due to the unworkability in a
changing and multi-faceted society.  I do not buy the concept the anyone
that sends a piece that you don't want is a "spammer" (there really are
enough of them out there already without diluting the Title through
misnomers.) I do not buy attacking symptoms and ignoring causes -- and in
this case Causers.

PHM

>Paul H. Merrill wrote:
>>
>>Again, some clueless asshole that can't tell the difference between
>>solicited responses and Unsolicited spam mouths off.  If you would like
>>to talk about someone, talk about the jerk who set up an AIM name using
>>the outdated address, not the company that repsonded.
>>
>>PHM
>>
>>AKA PHMerrill@AOL.Com (among other names and addresses)
>>
>>Anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>> This does wonders for my opinion of AOL. Even the administration has no
clue.
>>>
>>> AOL administration spammed the Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com> list,
using
>>> an address for Cypherpunks which has been defunct for over a year now,
with:
>>>
>>> >Thank you for registering for Netscape AOL Instant Messenger!
>>> >
>>> >Your registration for screen name aohelsux has been received.
>>> >
>>> >Please reply to this message within 48 hours to complete
>>> >the registration process.  Simply reply to the present message
>>> >and type 'OK' as the text of your message.
>>>
>>> P.S. "Well they just responded to an address someone gave them," like
>>> certain advocates of AOL, lamers, and Microsoft we have on the list have
>>> said, is not an excuse. It's easy to set up domain validation. The
spammers
>>> just don't care.