Re: You'll never know until you try.

Jamie Andrews wrote: > > In article <3276474B.12A3@lmco.com>, Jim Melton <jim.melton@lmco.com> wrote: > >4) Learn how do delete messages that tick you off. The best way to deal > > with a pest is to ignore him. Especially in the case of SPAM, since > > the pest is already long gone. > > This is certainly wrong. The Internet is built on the > assumption that no one will use up an inordinate amount of the > resources of the system without providing content. Spammers > exploit this assumption, and use up network resources for their > own financial gain. We must move as strongly and quickly as > possible against all spammers we see, particularly on the > technical newsgroups. > > Please do write to the postmasters of the guilty parties. > And if you are interested in getting more deeply into this, > check out the news.admin newsgroup hierarchy -- it is undergoing > some reorganization but is the best resource for finding out > about fighting abuse of the Net. > I think there is another version of this problem on a much older network: telemarketing via telephones. I wonder if the internet is becoming a utility like the telephone? hmmmmmmm... Tim -------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Browning Voice: 770-594-7799 ext. 8353 Consultec, Inc. Fax: 770-410-0700 9040 Roswell Road, E-mail: tim.browning@consultec-inc.com Suite 700 timprobe@mindspring.com Atlanta, GA 30350 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------