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From: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator)
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Subject: My Apologies, If You Were Bombed
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Date: 12 Jan 91 06:22:09 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 27, Message 1 of 7


A large number of readers -- primarily those who had posted here in
recent weeks -- were subjected to a 'bombing run' on Friday. The
person simply collected up all the names and sites he could find, by
copying the address information in messages here, and sent out a mass
mailing. 

I've received numerous complaints, and although I am really helpless
to stop this sort of action I do extend my apologies to those of you
who have complained. I knew nothing about it before I began getting
copies from several people. I can only suggest that if you do not wish
to receive the mailings, you write to the address where they
originated and ask to have them stopped.

 From time to time, the network is misused in this way, with anonymous
postings and mass-mailings sent through other than the normal mailing
list channels. Thankfully it does not happen all that often.

If you were one of the many who wrote me to express your disapproval
of the unsolicited mail, please accept this note in place of a
personal response.  


Patrick Townson
TELECOM Moderator