From: 'reagle@ATHENA.MIT.EDU'" <reagle@MIT.EDU> To: "Jack M. Spiegel" <mobius@llv.com>" Subject: Stop unwanted email Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 20:47:45 -0700 Encoding: 43 TEXT
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Hi reagle@ATHENA.MIT.EDU:
Your name was on a list that I bought. It was advertised as a "clean list" of people who do not object to getting junk email. After sending a few hundred, I realized the list was not "clean" and decided to create a place on the net where people can register not to get junk email. In the future, I will offer to clean other lists that other commercial mailers are compiling.
Huh, can I ask who you purchased this list from and how much was my privacy bought/sold for? (I might have sold it cheaper! <grin>)
You can log onto my web site http://www.directnet.com/~spiegel, and register not to be on the list. There are no graphics on the web page, its just a form, so it won't take long to load. All you need to leave is your email address (the rest, even your name is optional) and press submit.
Before you get upset, think about it, you are already on some kind of list, because I have your address. Registering at my web site will only take you off the list. There is no advertising on the page, there is no money being made by this.
I will take your name off of this list and off any other list that other mailers submit. I will not give your name or address out to anyone else.
I know that some people don't have browsers and only have mail access. If you are among that group, please send email to me at mobius@llv.com and be sure to put your email address in the subject field and nothing in the body of the letter. ****************************************************************** DO NOT REPLY AND SEND BACK THIS LETTER, IT WILL BE IGNORED BY MY SYSTEM ! ****************************************************************** By the way, if you get junk mail, refer them to my web site as well and by all means, tell your friends to register.
Maybe this will help.
Oh, and if you don't care about junk mail, you don't have to do a thing!
Thank you
Jack Spiegel
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