[9588] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AGIS, IEMMC Halt Bulk E-Mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Dixon)
Wed May 28 16:22:35 1997
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 20:42:46 +0100 (BST)
From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
To: Mark E Larson <mlarson@rust.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970528091349.006f3b2c@rust.net>
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Mark E Larson wrote:
> Well, they did say on the AGIS Network. Can anyone tell if this is happening?
> I get very few SPAM messages anymore because of filtering.
I got two messages from cyberpromo.com this morning. Certainly the
rain of spam is if anything picking up.
> > provider AGIS (Apex Global Internet Services, Inc.) has challenged all
> > members of the Internet E-Mail Marketing Council (IEMMC) to stop
> > originating all bulk e-mail through the AGIS network. Under the terms
> >
> >> > the IEMMC agreed to suspend bulk e-mail services on Sunday, May 25th,
> >> > 1997.
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