On Or About 20 Aug 96, 23:12, Rich Graves wrote:

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So is mailbombing the motherfucker, or more productively, virtually picketing his ISP until they kick him off for net abuse

That is the kind of self righteous crap that gives me the creeps!!!

Good. That's called deterrence.* The market decides.

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From your earlier message, though, describing the "spamming" you do, I really don't see you as needing deterrence <SNIP> indiscriminately. OTOH, if you really target your audience well, especially if a human and not a bot is in charge of selecting prospects, then I'd call that "cold calling," not "spamming."

Well, that's just the way I look at it. But some people overreact...

Unsolicited email is moderately annoying, but I don't think it's anything to complain about. I filter all mail from unknown addresses anyway.

* - The cool thing about this kind of deterrence is, since you're only defending virtual turf, you can sabre-rattle to your heart's content without worrying about having to actually follow through.

I do enjoy a little of that from time to time. Ross =========== Ross Wright King Media: Bulk Sales of Software Media and Duplication Services http://www.slip.net/~cdr/kingmedia Voice: 415-206-9906