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JUNK E-MAIL LAWSUIT
In what lawyers say is the first of its kind, a small electronic advertising
company has sued America Online in federal court for interfering with its
attempts to send "junk e-mail" advertisements over the AOL system. Cyber
Promotions, which went into business last year as Promo Enterprises, says
AOL attempted to put it out of business by sending "e-mail bombs" to Cyber's
e-mail accounts, crashing the servers of two out of three of its
Internet-service providers. Cyber had signed contracts to send the junk
e-mail on behalf of its customers. "In general, mass e-mailing is a
violation of America Online's terms of service, and we frequently hear from
our members who consider it an annoyance and a disruption of the network,"
says an AOL spokesman. (St. Petersburg Times 1 Apr 96 p8)
Taken from: Apple Computers' Edupage, 2 April 1996
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Paul Senior
FPS007C@email.mot.com