| Subject: | Email to anyone! |
| Received: | 9-22-96 |
| Apparently From: | janinem@netbound.com |
| "I'm Annoyed" Method: |
janinem@netbound.com;webmaster@netbound.com; jeffg@INTERLOG.COM;bryanf@INTERLOG.COM; root@netbound.com |
I received the following reply from root (who apparently was the spammer):"Yes I know this is a random, unsolicited piece of email but you might actually be interested in what it has to say." You are wrong. Remove [MY EMAIL] from any of your mailing lists and let me know that you have received this email. If I do not receive a response, I will lodge a complaint with your ISP and then the Internic. In addition to being rude and a violation of netiquette, mass email spammings are also illegal: [QUOTED LEGAL CODE]
My reply was:Your hateful acknowledgement has been read, and your name has been removed from our lists. 1. Email "spammings" are not illegal, as recently demonstrated by court rulings against America Online. 2. U.S. laws apply to U.S. companies. This is not a U.S. company. 3. GET A LIFE!! ========================================================================== Janine D. MacLean http://www.netbound.com janine@netbound.com Receive Email on your Fax or Pager ==========================================================================
And the final conclusion of this saga is their response:>Your hateful acknowledgement has been read, and your name has been removed >from our lists. Good. >1. Email "spammings" are not illegal, as recently demonstrated >by court rulings against America Online. The courts have not made a decision yet on that case as it has not gone to trial. >2. U.S. laws apply to U.S. companies. This is not a U.S. company. If US laws do not, internet ethics should. >3. GET A LIFE!! Try developing some professionalism. Here are three sites that maintain lists of users who do not want to receive unsolicited mail. They will remove those addresses from your email lists as a free service. Maybe that will stop more mean people from sending you hateful mail. http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~glr/nojunk.html http://drsvcs.com/nospam/ http://www.directnet.com/~spiegel/ You can read some more about why people might react "hatefully" to your mail at the following URL: http://www.mcs.com/~jcr/junkemail.html#FAQ
I actually wanted to thank you for this - I had no knowledge of these lists, and will apply them immediately. Sorry for the continued communication, but I wanted to let you know that your efforts are appreciated.
Hi! Yes I know this is a random, unsolicited piece of email but you might actually be interested in what it has to say. We have developed a system which enables you to receive your email on your fax machine or pager. Simple as that. No more messing around going online to check for mail, and no more wondering if email is waiting for you when you are out and about. We can send your email to your fax machine or pager, instantly. It's fast, it's cheap, and it's reliable. You can assign a new email address to your fax machine, or even keep the address you already have. Check out our web site at http://www.netbound.com for more information, and sign up for our instant free trial! Have a great day ! ========================================================================== Janine D. MacLean http://www.netbound.com janinem@netbound.com Receive Email on your Fax or Pager ========================================================================
NetBound Communications Inc (NETBOUND-DOM)
1540 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS B3H 3Z2
Canada
Domain Name: NETBOUND.COM
Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Goebel, Jeff (JG856) jeffg@INTERLOG.COM
1 902 488-4883
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Fullerton, Bryan (BF172) bryanf@INTERLOG.COM
+1 (416) 975-2655 x25
Record last updated on 06-May-96.
Record created on 20-Oct-95.
Domain servers in listed order:
GOLD.INTERLOG.COM 198.53.145.2
STEEL.INTERLOG.COM 198.53.145.3