On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 destef at theo.egoode.com wrote: > Its illegal to send unsolicited email too but that doesnt stop > stupid-ass dot.com wannabies from still doing it. Im sure you've > all noticed that you cant reply to most of them since they are > bogus addresses...even though they say at the bottom to reply > and say you want to be removed. Like it matters...you tell one > company to remove you from thier mailing list and you still have > 6 billion other mailing lists floating around out there with > your name on it. You tell one company to remove you from their list, and they do, and in the process, manage to sell your e-mail to 60 million more companies... > Mail relays need to put quotas on the number of names in a list > that can be sent through them. But Im sure they're getting paid > off so that'll never happen. They can always set up their own mail server.. plus, there is legitimate bulk e-mailing. (glances at the tclug list server) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500