On Or About: 12 Sep 96 at 17:48, Rabid Wombat wrote:
These people have invited the email, and the associated expense, by placing a public email-to: button on their public www page.
Correct!
However, since others may think like you, I guess I'll have to add a line above my link stating that email not related to the purpose of my site will be happily proof-read at the rate of $200 per hour,
Just great. That sure takes away any anonymity you had about being "on the cutting edge" of the information age. That 1952 "proof-read" crap went out in the 70's. How can you hope to enforce it? It's a joke, right? :) Maybe not, since it's on your sig-line.
A more acurate analogy, and to the point, would be if a business sends you a postage pre-paid business reply card, that is blank, and invites your comments on the card. They can hardly complain of the expense when people actually send it in, even if they don't like the comments.
No, this b.s. is more like having someone put a dead skunk in my mailbox, with no return address, trying to prevent me from sending them 100 dead skunks as a return favor. And about as welcome.
Sorry, Wombat. As much as I hate to agree with this multi level long distance phone company spammer. He is right. A website is an open invitation to comment and e-mail. Better password your site if you want to solve this problem. Then no-one can visit it, and no-one can send out a spider to get your e-mail address. That's what I do, send out a robot to bring back e-mail addresses. Of course I only send to makers of software, and my product applys to their world. If you don't want spam in your mail box: 1. Don't have a website or don't put your e-mail address on your website 2. Don't post to newsgroups 3. Don't post to mailing lists 4. If you post do so anonymously Ross =========== Ross Wright King Media: Bulk Sales of Software Media and Duplication Services http://www.slip.net/~cdr/kingmedia Voice: 415-206-9906