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From: bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Solutions to USENET Map Abuse
Message-ID: <822@whizz.uucp>
Date: 18 Sep 89 02:36:59 GMT
References: <2049@avsd.UUCP> <14377@looking.on.ca> <284@van-bc.UUCP> <15316@looking.on.ca>
Reply-To: bbh@whizz.UUCP (Bud Hovell)
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In article <15316@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
>Knowing some direct mailers, I can tell you that if they took from the
>UUCP maps, they would be pleased as punch to obey a "No direct mail, please"
>line if it were formally defined.   That's why there's even a direct mail

That's a good point, Brad. Also, *some* of us would be interested in seeing
some commercial offers made as the result of our name having been taken off
of the usenet maps. For those who wish to remain pure of heart, put a comment
into your map, as Brad suggests. This "big problem" is a no-brainer to solve,
if you don't want to be solicited. On the other hand...

It may turn out that this stuff is just more "junk mail" - but some of us 
*might* be interested in some of that junk!
 

                                 Bud Hovell

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