That's why I haven't dismissed it out of hand. On one side I want to do my
part and get this jerk's account killed. On the other, I don't have a lot of
faith in the host killing the account even with the affidavit and even if
they do the spammer will just move on to another host.
With most of you examples I know I'm doing a good deed. With this it's a
maybe.
"Melita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> "FyreFiend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> 9ci7er$p81$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:9ci7er$p81$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > But that law isn't needed. If spamming is against their contract then
they
> > can kick them for breach of contract.
> > I'm still debating whether I should give them an affidavit... Paying
money
> > (no matter how little) to get an account killed seems wrong.
> >
>
> I'd look at it this way...would you pay for the gas to drive down to a
> police station and make a statement, as witness to a crime? Would you
also
> take off work if called, to go to court as said witness? Would you pay
for
> the postage to mail someone's wallet (that you found on the street) back
to
> them? Is it 'right' for you to have to pay to replace a window in your
> house that a robber broke (of course not, but it's a fact of life anyway).
>
> Not trying to tell you what to do, just maybe to put the monetary part of
it
> into perspective. They may well want the affidavit for the same reason
> Paetec wanted them in the Monsterhut case...and your affidavit may well
save
> them thousands in lawyer fees for terminating the contract (even when
> they're clearly within their rights to terminate). And as others have
> suggested, you may well be able to find a notary for free. They're
> everywhere...banks, police stations, realtor's offices, courts, etc.
> There's a good chance that if you don't know one personally, you know
> someone else who does, and a friend of a friend will still likely do it
for
> free, especially when you explain to them what it's for. A notarized
> affidavit is your 'voice' in court, and packs a larger wallop than an
email
> from you does. An email can be forged or written by anyone, but it's a
> little harder to forge a notarized document. It at least shows the court
> that you are a 'real' person and not just some anonymous alias. That your
> statement was produced when and where it says it was, rather than possibly
> having been produced from someone within the company itself and forwarded
> thru a couple of proxy servers to make it 'look' like it came from a
person
> outside the company.
>
> Up to you, ultimately, as to whether or not you think it's worth it...but
> that affidavit may be their last recourse in shutting them off. Or it may
> be as you suggested, that it's just their way of "File 13'ing" the whole
> issue. Hard to say, really. Call me optimistic, but seems like they
> wouldn't bother to ask if they didn't need it. Maybe ask them to
reimburse
> you for the notary, or point you to where you can get it done for free?
> Their response to that might indicate how serious they are about shutting
> them down.
>
> Melita
>
>
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