since I wouldn't be buying the crap the spammers are selling in the first place, there is nothing to boycott.
The most satisfying thing to do to those using spaming for marketing is also illegal, unfortunately. -----Original Message----- From: Julian Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: list admin: we're being tracked Why not just boycott whatever the companies are selling and sending a email to customer service telling them that you will never buy their products as long as they let their products be marketed by SPAMers. Julian Wall On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 08:17:07 -0700, "Fargusson.Alan" wrote: > > Good question. I think the answer is that the companies that make the > products insulate themselves from the marketing companies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wesley Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: list admin: we're being tracked > > > What I was wondering was, if going after the spammers is so very difficult, > why doesn't someone go after the companies they are spieling for? > > Hit them up with stalking and harrassment laws, get a class action suit > going, > get the governments of our various nations to make hawking drugs illegal > over > the internet, and get Viagra defined as a prescription-only controlled > substance. > > I'm sure we could come up with something. > > Wesley Parish > > On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 09:48, you wrote: > > Hello from Gregg C Levine > > Well, yes, Rich, I do care, and no I don't like it. If I need to find > > a message, I'll check my locally stored messages, here. If I don't > > have it, I'll ask here for the locations of the Marist site. However, > > for some this could be a good idea. I wonder if they remember to > > obscure the addresses? And I'm not going to reiterate, where I saw > > that thread before, and its subsequent outcome. Oh, and thank you for > > bringing this up. > > ------------------- > > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) > > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > > Of > > > > > Richard Troth > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:39 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [LINUX-390] list admin: we're being tracked > > > > > > FYI, for those who care about such things, > > > this list is being tracked by http://www.mail-archive.com/. > > > Sorry for the duplicate info if this was mentioned before. > > > > > > Why should you care? > > > Such tracking is easy fodder for e-mail address harvesters. BAD > > > Tracking services make web search of the list easy. GOOD > > > Personally, I have other ways of checking the archives, > > > so I prefer to NOT have the list tracked nor peered to NetNews. > > > But I must confess that I have used such services. > > > > > > -- R; > > -- > Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" > You ask, "What is the most important thing?" > Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." > I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people." Confidentiality Warning: This e-mail contains information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, any dissemination, publication or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. The sender does not accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that may occur while using data contained in, or transmitted with, this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by return e-mail. Thank you.
