On Thu, 17 Aug 1995 09:15:12 -0600, June Reynolds wrote:
> Subject: Re: Trash Mail/Lurid Sex
> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Being a "Postmaster" at the University of Wisconsin, I would bet my bottom
> dollar the best way to get back at him is to have everyone forward his mail
> right back at him IMMEDIATELY, with a note telling him what a piece of scum
> he is. If he gets bombarded with enough from one group he'll drop that
> list right away because of the havoc it will cause his mailbox. By the
> way, he off that server now, but it won't take him long to get back on
> somewhere else.
>
I must strongly disagree with this course of action. 'jack', in his note,
clearly expects such response to his advertising and is prepared to ignore it.
In fact he has a contingency plan if his provider does kick him off: get on
another provider until he's kicked off of there. In the mean time mail-
bombing 'jack's' current provider could disable the ISP's server(s) and can be
construed as a 'denial of service' attack on the ISP's other clients.
Retaliation against people such as 'jack' is not in anyone's best interest and
is a catch-up game at best. People like 'jack' are rather like cockroaches:
you can stomp on them all you want (and it may make you feel better doing it)
but you'll never get rid of them.
I recommend that we ignore 'jack' and get on with the business at hand.
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