PLEASE just make sure that you don't do your complaining to the NC State postmaster! The only thing the university can and will do in response to complaints is shut down the edstat list. Jackie Dietz Listowner On May 2, 12:09pm, Rich Ulrich wrote: > Subject: Re: (none) > On 1 May 2001 16:14:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SamFaz Consulting) > wrote: > > > > ************************************************************************ > Under the Bill s. 1618 title III passed by the 105th US congress > this letter cannot be considered SPAM as long as the sender includes > contact information and a method of removal. To be removed, hit reply > and type ?remove? in the subject line. > ************************************************************************ > > Here was a message posted, that my reader saw as an attachment. > The lines above were at the start of the SPAM. > > Ahem. I am about 100% sure that the above is a lie. In multiple > ways. For instance, Is there a legal definition of SPAM? > > It has been remarked that you do *not* want to use the > "remove" option when someone sends SPAM that is using > a *garbage* mailing list (Such as, the above; and any other > mailing list that includes a Mail-list, or a Usenet group). > > That's because the REPLY from you proves that your > Mail address is real, and current, and that you read the > message. So the SPAMmer will save your name, specially. > > > If you can read the headers, you sometimes can make an > effective complaint to the X-abuse: address, if there is one, > or to the appropriate < Postmaster@isp-name >. > > -- > Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html > > > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about > the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ > ================================================================= >-- End of excerpt from Rich Ulrich -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ E. Jacquelin Dietz (919) 515-1929 (phone) Department of Statistics, Box 8203 (919) 515-1169 (FAX) North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8203 USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Street address for FedEx: Room 210E Patterson Hall, 2501 Founders Drive ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
