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Barbara Mallut wrote: > > Billy B..... > > As annoying as emailed junkmail is, if you send - even if it's done from > frustration - an EMAIL BOMBING (i.e. a significant number of multiple copies > of the same message to the same entity), you are compounding what is merely a > very annoying problem by committing a felony! > > It's illegal to use a public utility (which the phone lines are) to harass a > business (EVEN if that business is driving ya nuts by sending you junk email) > and is punishable to the extent the lay may allow PLUS there is a stiff fine. > > Mind you, the place(s) you email bomb must first file charges, but IF your > email bombing has annoyed someone enough, they might just go ahead and take > whatever legal steps are needed to get the ball rolling! And believe me, > the telcos do NOT take harassment of it's business customers lightly! > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Heather Elizabeth Baird > Sent: Friday, April 25, 1997 1:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re: junk mail > > If you think it is bad now, just wait a few minutes. The > Internet is turning into Junk Mail that you pay for. And we > complain about the postman bringing us junk mail! Anyway, at > least we have the time to deal with it, as we do not have to work > as we have Parkinsons. I find that the best way to deal with > junk mail is, for every one they send you, send them 100 back in > return, after all, turnabout is fair play, eh? > Billy Baird ([log in to unmask]) help!!! this is happening to me right now... double or triples of each message [log in to unmask]