Look at the subscription form for the "free" email hosting by <http://www.netfraternity.net> - there you find the source of the intolerable nuisance which every user of their service creates: --------------------quote:-------------- 8) PUBLICITY MESSAGES With my Application, I confirm that I will accept the display on my computer of: * Publicity messages (Netspots�) * Additional publicity (Mailspots�) with messages advising the arrival of e-mail (see MRC� Mailspot� Receipt Confirmation), which confirms receipt of e-mail and records the date and time of reading. In no case will publicity messages appear within e-mail messages (to respect to the full the privacy of the User) -------------------unquote.------------- And at another place in their publicity at the site you find: --------------------quote:-------------- MRC� is a Netfraternity� initiative which tries to remedy principally the problem, frequent to who already knows Internet, of being certain that your mail has arrived at it's destination. Infact the sender will receive an e-mail confirming the hour and data regarding the reception of the aforementioned mail. FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR MAIL YOU CAN USE ANY MAILING SOFTWARE YOU WISH. -------------------unquote.------------- This is intolerable. It means that a user cannot inhibit these "confirmations" to each an any items of a mailing list he is subscribed to. Modest advertising or sponsoring banners are acceptable, but not this imposture. I plead for a common appeal to the Listmaster to ban "netfraternity" users from the list. These "netfraternity" users can be made attent to what they themselves have accepted and subscribed (and supposedly read), and advised to search for another (free) service which does not cause this "mail confirmation" nuisance. Heimo Claasen Brussels 1999-05-16 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inti.be/hammer 35 Rue du Marteau B-1000 BRUXELLES t. (+32.2) 217 86 07 WDR(radio) - epd-ENTWICKLUNGSPOLITIK - WochenZeitung - FREITAG To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
