Whoops - apologies for stupid posting here caused by /me/ being a prat with my mail program. Though the message body it isn't entirely off-topic here - the subject line is quite unrelated to it. Mea culpa. Ken ken wrote:
This piece of political PR was sent to a mailing list intended for internal reporting of computer problems at a university, so was obviously automatically grabbed. Maybe someone sold them a list of ac.uk addresses.
Dr Sean Gabb wrote:
2nd September 2003
Dear Educator,
We are writing to ask whether you would like to receive the future publications of the Libertarian Alliance by email.
The Libertarian Alliance is the UK's premier radical libertarian group.
[...snip...]
Yours sincerely, Dr. Chris R. Tame Director The Libertarian Alliance
I'd have thought Gabb & Tame (if it is them & not some spoof) were sussed enough to realise that spamming just makes you look like a prat.
Ken Brown