[8728] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Junk email: a reply from the Pipeline
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Gleick)
Wed Dec 1 22:05:20 1993
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1993 21:55:28 -0500 (EST)
From: James Gleick <gleick@pipeline.com>
To: com-priv@psi.com
jwilson@netcom.com (Jack Wilson) writes:
> I got a curious message from a place called "The Pipeline"
> which claims to be an internet service provider. (I won't
> provide details about it, even though I'm sure The Pipeline
> would like the free publicity.)
>
> The main thing I'm curious about is: where did "The Pipeline"
> get my address?
> This was a letter addressed to me, not to COM-PRIV; I don't
> post to any news groups regularly (my last posting was about
> 4 weeks ago, I think). The only place I can imagine "The Pipeline"
> getting my address from is the COM-PRIV mailing list.
>
> Has anyone else gotten mail from "The Pipeline"?
> I'm baffled at how they got my mailing address.
> -- Jack Wilson jwilson@netcom.com
Dear Jack,
I'm not going to rub your nose in this, because I'm sure you're going to
regret the nasty tone of your message as much as I do. At the Pipeline
we mail information only to people who request it. We have enough trouble
keeping up as it is.
Your request for information follows:
> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 10:22:42 -0700
> From: Jack Wilson <jwilson@netcom.com>
> To: info@pipeline.com
> Subject: Looking for access in NY
>
> could you send me information on pipeline.com?
>
> thanks.
>
> -- jwilson@netcom.com
James Gleick
The Pipeline
