Re: disgusted.

Jakub Kulesza (jkulesza@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca)
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:48:19 -0500 (EST)

Although this sounds like a good idea, the one catch is that the people
posting these messages are not in fact 'real'. All the USA magazine
offers were posted via fake mail. None of the servers in the users'
addresses exist. It's most likely the same person posting the message
over and over again. If you noticed, the text was identical in all cases,
only the name changed. The only way to prevent this would be to filter
messages at the server, only allowing list members post to the list.

On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 dabonedawg@plunge.com wrote:

> I disagree. I believe something can be done. Make public notice of
> these pure opportunists and hence unpopularize their behavior. If the
> list can consistently and publicly succeed at this then it will simply
> become unfavorable and therefore unprofitable for these skank-shanks to
> pursue. You've gotta run'm off!
>
> b dawg
> Erik.Boralv@CMD.UU.SE wrote:
> >
> > > Listen...short and sweet...I don't pretend to be the administrator of
> > > this list, or to speak for any others, but GET THAT ADVERTISING CRAP OUT
> > > OF HERE!!!
> >
> > Just to prevent further posts: I'm on the case. But, and this is
> > really sad, there is little or no hope of preventing postings of this
> > sort...