Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Path: utzoo!lsuc!jim
From: jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer)
Subject: Re: BITFTP grief!
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:35:40 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May23.143540.3704@lsuc.on.ca>
References: <1991May21.144815.8788@lsuc.on.ca> <w91c32w163w@phoenix.com>

In article <w91c32w163w@phoenix.com> stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) writes:
>   By the way, I find it quite interesting that you, who is the
>strongest voice claiming that transfer of files via email, even to a
>user who has asked for those files, is WRONG and is an abuse of the net,
>would start transferring files to this site, by mail, without request.
>That you, who has the central hub for Ontario, with multiple links and
>multimegabyte spool space, and who wants nobody to transfer files
>through HIS system, would start trying to send them to a small site with
>one link and limited space. 
>
>   Does this fall under your definition of cooperation, Mr. Mercer? Mail
>bombing a site you don't like is your idea of consideration? Your actions
>speak louder than your words.

Mr. Stanley forgets to mention, that the "mail bombs" were 3 of the USENET
informational postings from news.announce.newusers.

i just figured he might read them and gain some perspective on the network(s)
he is using (directly or indirectly).

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