[9460] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Inmac, junk mail, and the death of the net...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Rarey)
Thu Jan 6 13:56:42 1994
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 94 10:56:38 -0800
From: Paul Rarey <Paul.Rarey@ssf-sys.dhl.com>
In-Reply-To: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams)
To: com-priv@psi.com
On Jan 6, 10:36, Stephen Williams wrote:
> Subject: Re: Inmac, junk mail, and the death of the net...
} >
} >
} > As you may know the World is a Public Access Inetnet site. It
} > seems that someone has be fingering "world.std.com" to collect the
} > names of people logged in, assuming that they are employees of
} > Software Tool & Die. They have then used these names to build a
} > mailing list. So far we have received more than 300 Inmac catalogs,
} > addressed with our customer's names and our mailing address.
} >
} > I believe Inmac themselves collected the names, but I've yet
} > to confirm this.
} >
} > Maybe this is what can expect in the future, but frankly I
} > think it sucks.
} >
} > ->Spike
}
} Boy, is that dumb to not strip out one of the largest public systems...
}
} Oh well, I'd either call Inmac and offer to sell them back at $.50-$1
} a piece or call the local recycling center....
Hhhmmmm.... Seems world.std.com might need to tighten up their firewall (if one
exists....:-)
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Best regards....,
/psr
