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From: kattz@geocities.com (Kattz)
Subject: Nasty Spammers - was Re: anni.com
Date: 1997/09/30
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997 16:15:11 -0400, Yam <ericyam@erols.com> wrote:

>I'd like to say that business advertising does not belong in Usenet.  It
>belongs in the web.  It's perfectly ok to advertise a business on the
>Internet, but not to post it to places that don't want it, or e-mail
>somebody an advertisement.  Sure the person can ignore it, but it still
>takes up space.  It may not be much, but if everyone keeps spamming
>everybody, the space adds up.  Same thing with Usenet.  Some people have
>offline browsers that download everything at once, without looking at
>headers.  They end up downloading a bunch of advertisements that nobody
>wants.

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<I am posting from  alt.binaries.pictures.firemen
 a group I'm testing to see if I like it>

The real bad spammers are the 
ones that include big programs or pictures 
that do take a lot of download-time and hd-space 
and do not belong in pure text newsgroups.
and should not be e-mailed to people who did not solicit them.

I also hate ads that are e-mailed to me saying that they just know I'm
going to want their product because they saw my post in a newsgroup
that I know I've never posted to.

Kattz
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