Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Path: utzoo!lsuc!jim From: jim@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Mercer) Subject: Re: BITFTP grief! Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:35:40 GMT Message-ID: <1991May23.143540.3704@lsuc.on.ca> References: <1991May21.144815.8788@lsuc.on.ca> In article stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) writes: > By the way, I find it quite interesting that you, who is the >strongest voice claiming that transfer of files via email, even to a >user who has asked for those files, is WRONG and is an abuse of the net, >would start transferring files to this site, by mail, without request. >That you, who has the central hub for Ontario, with multiple links and >multimegabyte spool space, and who wants nobody to transfer files >through HIS system, would start trying to send them to a small site with >one link and limited space. > > Does this fall under your definition of cooperation, Mr. Mercer? Mail >bombing a site you don't like is your idea of consideration? Your actions >speak louder than your words. Mr. Stanley forgets to mention, that the "mail bombs" were 3 of the USENET informational postings from news.announce.newusers. i just figured he might read them and gain some perspective on the network(s) he is using (directly or indirectly). -- [ Jim Mercer jim@lsuc.On.Ca || ...!uunet!attcan!lsuc!jim +1 416 947-5258 ] [ Educational Systems Manager - Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, CANADA ] [ Standards are great. They give non-conformists something to not conform to. ] [ The opinions expressed here may or may not be those of my employer ]