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Dealing with inappropriate mail

To: "'British Cars'" <british-cars@autox.team.net>, "'Triumphs'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Dealing with inappropriate mail
From: Mark Gendron <markge@microsoft.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 08:34:32 -0700
Encoding: 17 TEXT, 36 UUENCODE
In recent weeks, these aliases have been "bombed" with mail requesting money, 
having nothing to do with British sports cars. This is an 
unfortunate fact of life on the Internet.

When you receive this sort of mail, please resist the temptation to reply to 
the entire list, to let everyone know how much the mail 
annoyed you. By doing so, you contribute to the clutter of unwanted mail and, 
perversely, you actually propagate the offending message to 
people who may have missed it the first time!

There are more appropriate actions which you might take, such as:

* Contacting the list owner privately, to bring the matter to his or her 
attention.
* Bringing the mail to the attention of the postmaster at the location from 
which the message was sent.
* Flaming the sender, although these cretins usually find a way to mask their 
identity.

Thanks
-mg



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