RE: SPAMMING BY THE ATTACHED MESSENGER

MANAGER DIRECTOR BOYKIN
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:22:27 -0500


List Manager:

When I got complaints about my ASKING IF I COULD SEND ANY PARTY
INTERESTED IN GETTING BUSINESS CARDS (I LEFT IT OPEN TO WHERE IF A PARTY
WAS INTERESTED IN MY MESSAGE THEY COULD ACCESS IT - AND NOT HAVE IT
IMPOSED ON THEM. THEREFORE THOSE NOT INTERESTED IN MY MESSAGE WOULD NOT
GET IT. THE SUBJECT LINE WITH ABOUT FOUR WORDS WAS ALL THAT WAS SHOWN.
A REPLY WAS REQUIRED FOR THE MESSAGE TO BE SENT) YET THE ATTACHED PARTY
SAW THAT AS SPAMMING AND SET OFF SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND THREATS.

SO I SENT 2 REQUESTS TO BE UNSUBCRIBED, THE FIRST SENT BACK TO ME AS NOT
CLEAR AS TO WHAT I WAS REQUESTING, THE 2ND RESPONSE INDICATED THAT I HAD
BEEN UNSUBSCRIBED BASED ON THE REQUEST OF ANOTHER. FINE.

BUT WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS ATTACHED MESSAGE THAT ARRIVED IN MY MAILBOX IF
NOT...SPAMMING...TOO. THE MESSAGE IS NOT ABOUT ACID JAZZ AS NEITHER WAS
MINE. FURTHERMORE, THIS SPAMMED MESSAGE IS MEAN SPIRITED. MY MESSAGE
WAS POLITE, BRIEF AND CERTAINLY NOT HARASSING OR MEANSPIRITED AS THE
ATTACHED SPAMMED MESSAGE ATTEMPTING TO RIDICULE MY POLITE REQUEST TO
UNSUBSCRIBE. I AT ALL TIMES MAINTAINED POLITENESS EVEN TO THE HARASSERS
FLAMERS AND COMPLAINERS.

ALL SPAMMED MESSAGE SHOULD GET THE SAME TREATMENT. THIS IS WORSE THAN
SPAM BECAUSE IT IS MEAN NASTY SPIRITED AND IT ARRIVED IN MY MAILBOX.

THIS PARTY SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AS ME AND BE UNSUBSCRIBED.