Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: UUCP map for u.fra.0 (from comp.mail.maps)
Message-ID: <3681@looking.on.ca>
Date: 22 Jul 89 08:02:40 GMT
References: <7106@ki4pv.uucp> <404@ctycal.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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Class: discussion


I've never gotten any junk mail because of the UUCP maps.  Has there
been a lot of it?

I can't imagine why people are upset about the fact that something they
put out in public to thousands of machines has found its way into
mailing lists.

To my mind, you should be more upset about how non-public information,
like conferences you attend and magazines you subscribe to, is *sold*
into mailing lists by the very people entrusted with the information.

Anyway, just write the direct mail marketing association, and they will
take you off all mailing lists used by association members, which is most
junk mail.

Besides, what is the fuss.  You don't want people to reach you via the
mail at their own expense.  You want them to run ads on the net at other
people's expense?  Those who oppose any commercial activity *on* the net
should welcome the idea of a mailing list from the net maps with open
arms.  (As long as it is not used badly to send material with no
correlation to net use.)
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473