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Date:      Fri, 22 Aug 1997 10:35:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Get more visitors!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970822103420.6477A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <199708221639.LAA02587@argus.tfs.net>

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On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Jim Bryant wrote:

> In reply:
> > >I'm getting tired of spam...
> > As am I.
> > 
> > >I DON'T WANT ANY SPAM!@#
> > Unfortunately, I place your posting in the same category.
> > I would have prefered to have received neither. You simply
> > compounded the problem.
> 
> actually congress compounded the problem by not legislating against
> junk email when the bill was before them this year, but then what do
> you expect out of conservatives...

So has hub.freebsd.org which has appeared in a few spams that I've gotten
this month :/.
 
> it's sitting there acting like sheep that compounds the problem...
> the "oh i'll just ignore it until it goes away" attitude just doesn't
> work.  it didn't work with hitler, it didn't work with our
> conservative congress either.
> 
> the only way to remove junk email from the net, until legislation
> making such illegal is in place, it to simply fight fire with fire,
> even if it logjams the entire freaking internet.
> 
> don't write to me, write to your freaking congressman.

Yeah, like they're gonna get off their collective asses and do something.

- alex




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