[66584] in Cypherpunks
Re: Lexis and Privacy - Bill approaches.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Davis)
Thu Sep 26 18:35:35 1996
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 18:21:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Cc: PhneCards@aol.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.960925185705.17207A-100000@well.com>
On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> Dear PhneCards,
>
> Please stop using my email address as part of an inappropriate email
> bomb. If this continues, I will be forced to persecute your return
> email address.
>
> Now we don't want that to happen, do we?
>
> -Declan
> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996 PhneCards@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Did you know this company is using your email address as part of
> > an unlawful email bomb?
> >
> > I would advise you to write to them at cypherpunks@toad.com
> > and owner-cypherpunks@toad.com and advise them to stop
> > using your email address for this type of activity.
> >
> > It is illegal to use a invalid return email address. If this continues, I
> > will
> > be forced to prosecute the return email address - which they are
> > making to look like you.
I got a similar message from those idiots and replied off list (part of
my email bomb, I guess). There email is terrific -- save it for
evidence. They *admit* that they know you aren't doing what they are
complaining about, but threaten to sue you anyway.
I hope there lawyers have read Civil Rule 11 ... on second thought, I
hope they haven't!$$$$$!
EBD
