Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: FCC Regulations Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 90 17:47:59 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Ron Bannon) writes: > F C C Prosed Regulation of Modem Use > ====================================== > > The following message was posted on the > Prodigy Computer Club Bulletin Board. > It comes from Sam Katon of Staten Is., > NY. Thanks Sam! > file and the letter herein (if you haven't > already captured it) and post it on three > BBSs which aren't already carrying it. I have no real objectione with the message of this post. However, the line above is extremely dangerous of acted upon within the internet, usenet, and other UNIX based newsfeeds. Posting to 3 additional private BBS's is one thing (annoying) but the above proposal is strictly forbidden on the inter-collegiate newsfeeds. It is called a chain letter. No matter what the good intentions, no message is so important that it must be distributed in this manner. It clogs the feeds, costs money and breaks the rules that keep operations smooth. Please, let's not have some overzealous users flood the networks with this post. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |Jeremy Mereness | Support | Disclaimer: | |jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my| |r746jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | |a student at Carnegie Mellon U. | | Void where prohibited.| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------