On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Ed Gorman wrote: > [Flame on] > > I will not bow to someone getting irked because the email took less than > 100th of a second longer to download. RFC1855 was written in the 1990's > when 14.4k modems were the norm and the data was based on 9k speeds. Spam > is unsolicited email and my emails have nothing to do with spam. When I > post an email, it has data relavent to the list. I place my biz info at the > bottom because I still need to eat, wear clothes and live under a roof. > > [flame off]
Just some points. 1. Unsolicited commercial messages ARE spam, whether or not they're email, signatures, usegroup postings, forum or guestbook posts. Your signature has NO relevance to the topic of the group, thus the sig is, at least, spam. 2. If you can identify an RFC that supercedes RFC1855, please let me know which one it is - these are the documents that are supposed to govern the internet. They are the agreement we're supposed to be bound to. If there isn't a superceding document, why are you flouting these agreements in such an agressive manner? 3. Granted the additional load is less what with broadband and high-speed access, but it's still forcing your unsolicited message down everyone's throats. 4. The response in such a case is simple: *plonk* _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 3 - Security and Privacy Nov 7 - Django Python Application Framework
