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Re: Is SUNFLASH misuse of the network?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Naggum (the Internet Purist))
Sun Nov 11 12:42:57 1990

Date: Sun, 11 Nov 1990 18:28:11 +0100
From: Erik Naggum (the Internet Purist) <enag@ifi.uio.no>
To: Martin Lee Schoffstall <schoff@psi.com>
Cc: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9011111438.AA12556@psi.com> "schoff@psi.com"

Martin,

A good example (stamps and "official use" envelopes).

I sent this in a reply to a private message.  I thought it might have
interest for the list, as well.

> A semi-plausible point [Martin "pioneering" instead of Sun], but to
> provide a service to people (for profit, non-profit or free of
> charge) does require that you follow the rules of the carriers, at
> least at this continent [Europe].  Ordering something from a mail
> order house in France, say, requires that company to fill out all
> the customs declaration stuff and all.  If they don't, it's not my
> fault.  I don't see why SUN's Sunflash is different.

[Erik Naggum]

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