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From: adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin)
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Subject: Re: Info Needed on Prodigy Service
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Date: 10 Nov 90 04:12:09 GMT
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Tis true that a number of Prodigy users have been kicked off -- I've
talked to three of 15 now. The company claims they were harassing
other users and (gasp!) advertisers by sending out increasingly
obnoxious e-mail messages by the bushel. The users, organized into
something called the Coordinated Defense Campaign, say they were only
letting people know about the impending e-mail charges (25 cents per
message above a monthly free maximum of 30) and that they did not send
to anybody who didn't want to hear from them.

I've written about this, so if anybody wants copies of the article,
let me know.


Adam Gaffin   Middlesex News, Framingham, Mass.
adamg@world.std.com  Voice: (508) 626-3968
Fred the Middlesex News Computer: (508) 872-8461.


[Moderator's Note: Adam, it has been awhile since we ran one of your
columns from the News here in the Digest, so by all means send along
your article and we will post it here.   PAT]