On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> > I don't think so. In business it's seen as protecting your customer base
> > from undue interference. People these days are so anti-spam (i.e. any
> > unsolicited email counts) that such an approach could cause them to
> > respond negatively.
>
> Odd to hear this from a person who believes he has a right to use
> unsolicited email to get his message out, the way you have been doing
> for the last year or more.
>
> Your position doesn't fit with your actions, Joe.
As usual when you bring up facts - you miss alot in translation. Yes,
this year I have sent out at least 1.5 million pices of email. Most of it
has been to the civil service on this planet concerning the evils of
ICANN. And as you know I have been very effective in this. My crowning
achivement was ICANN - Cairo in which my communication with my government
official in Egypt ended up with President Mubarak backing out of an ICANN
promo event.
As you know William I am a citizen of planet earth and any government
official anywhere ultimately works for me.
I've also send several hundreds of thousands of pieces of email to system
administrators who's dns was vulnerable to attack. This was the bind1999
survey, which will be repeated his year. And I take great pleasure in
letting you know that as a result of that this years survey of dns servers
shows less vulnerability in the infrastructure.
So in summation - I am an angel of mercy.
Now - when you send unsolicited email for the purpose of commerce, and
clearly with the understadning it amounts to not much more then a promo
trip. it's important to coordinate the message and get permission because
that sort of thing can have negative consequences.
The consequences of what I do are mainly positive. In the bind1999 survey
I emailsed over 50,000 people and got 100 spam complaints. And frankly
let me tell you - those people who complained can shove where the sun
don't shine. It's of no concern to me. My purpose is a safer internet
and if that pushes them over the edge - frankly I don't care. I don't
depend on them for my bread and butter. That however does not apply with
respect to the RSP/End user survey. The RSP depend on their clientel and
if the clientel is offended for any reason - there goes the bread and
butter.
regards
joe
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Joe Baptista
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