[JDEV] Fwd: MESSAGING PRO WANTED

[Robert Thompson]

Great Point Tim.  That's why I can't figure out these other guys sticking up
for them.

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Lesher <timl at epix.net>
To: <jdev at jabber.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [JDEV] Fwd: MESSAGING PRO WANTED


> Regardless of their IM intentions, the fact remains that they sent out
spam.
> I just took a look at their corporate website, and in particular, I took a
> look at their AUP:
>
> Policy on SPAM
>
> 1. E-Mail. Users may not send unsolicited (i.e., not explicitly requested
by
> the recipient) e-mail messages, whether or not the practice causes
> complaints from recipients, including, without limitation, bulk commercial
> advertising [...]
>
> Users may not use the Globix Network to:
> [...]
> engage in mailbombing (sending large quantities of unwanted or unsolicited
> e-mail to individual e-mail accounts or copies of a single message to many
> e-mail accounts);
>
> Hmm.  Looks like they violated their own AUP. <grin/>
>
> I suggest that anyone who received a copy of this email reply to it,
citing
> their own AUP and informing them that this kind of behavior isn't
tolerated.
> I know this runs counter to the usual "don't reply to spam" advice, but in
> this situation, where they already know that your email address is valid
and
> there is a real name on the other end, it might be interesting...
> --
> Tim Lesher
> <timl at epix.net>
> http://lesher.freeservers.com
> AIM:  "Tim Lesher"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Thompson <robert at sv3.com>
> To: <jdev at jabber.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 19:16
> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Fwd: MESSAGING PRO WANTED
>
>
> > > So in short, someone grabbed our subscription list hoping someone
would
> > > be pulled from the project. Nice try!
> >
> > Not just anyone.
> >
> > Someone from a large public company, check them out at,
> >
> > www.pfmc.net
> >
> > The nice thing about Jabber is that we are all small guys developing our
> own
> > clients to Jabber and giving feedback and helping one another out.
> >
> > I don't believe someone like this has the same intentions.
> >
> > - Robert
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Scott.
> > >
> > > * Vivre Draco translated into ASCII [Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 03:08:07PM
> > > -0600][<VPOP31.3.0b.19991031150808.170.19.1.130a3d50 at oakwind>]
> > > > On 31 Oct 99,, Sean Heber sounded off on Re:[JDEV] Fwd: MESSAGING
PRO
> > > WANTED:
> > > >
> > > > > >Err... I received this message just afewminutes ago, and thought
> > > there may be
> > > > > >someone interested in participating on such-project.
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, so did I.  And I'm by no means a "top" programmer..
:-)
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this person got a bunch of addresses from the jabber lists
> > > > > and/or pages or something.  Of course that doesn't mean it's not
> > > > > for real.  I just suspect that many others on this list got it
too.
> > > >
> > > >    Even *I* got it, and I can't code worth a damn in anything but
> > > > HTML.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "Time always seems to fly, yet drag on forever."
> > > > --Luna
> > > >
> > > > Copyright 1999 Vivre Draco (cfc at bigfoot.com)
> > > > excelsior ad infinitum -- http://www.paganpaths.org/~cfc/
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > jdev mailing list
> > > > jdev at jabber.org
> > > > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
> > > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > jdev mailing list
> > jdev at jabber.org
> > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> jdev mailing list
> jdev at jabber.org
> http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev