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(...) He's not a rude guy. I have bought some Lego from him in the past and the deal went very well. He's giving a real offer and I'm keeping his mail in case there's something I want. If you don't trust his offer and are not interested, then (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Well I agree that LUGNET is a public forum and that is why he should have posted here. I am sorry but my E-mail is not a public forum for people to send me unwanted E-mail. Also he may be a good dealer but that doesn't mean I want his E-mail. (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) My issue isn't whether he's a good trader. I didn't ask to trade with him, and I don't have the interest. I don't care if he's a good trader. No, my issue is with his incredible lack of tact in resorting to spam to further his business. If he (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) it (...) immoral (...) I agree 100%. I simply responded to his message when it came to my newsguy address and asked him to remove my address, although I know for a fact I have never done business with him before. When it showed up at my (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Helge Viker currently posts on LUGNET in .market.buy-sell-trade. Which raises the question: Should administrative steps be taken against him for harvesting addresses from LUGNET for spam? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I'm of two minds here. I totally agree with Eric, and yet I wasn't personally bothered by the mail from Helge, rather I welcomed it. Perhaps in the far future the following facilities will all be available on Lugnet: (read the Plan, it hints (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I suggest that Todd give him a warning, in private, about sending spam. He could point out that posting reaches a wider audience, and he is more likely to gain customers. Paul Sinasohn (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Excellent idea! Probably no way to enforce it, but still worth mentioning as it is important to discourage this by default. --Todd (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I like this idea. I really hope the marketting world starts to realize the value of targetted advertising. I would happily fill out a fairly detailed survey if I felt that it's use would be to make sure I received only mail I am interested in. (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So if someone posts something about something they built, but didn't ask for comments, and then I email them to ask how they built it, that would be a violation of the Terms, or even a crime? That doesn't sound appropriate to me. /Eric McC/ (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No, I think the key phrase here is "unsolicited COMMERCIAL e-mail". Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well I think this is a good point maybe the statement should read more like this.. (Using Larry's statement as a starting point) "Sending unsolicited BULK e-mail using addresses obtained via any unapproved mechanism on LUGNET is a TOS (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Me too. There's a good treatment of the larger subject (including the above) in Evan I. Schwartz's book _Webonomics_. --Todd (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Targeted advertising could soon become pervasive and inescapable. Be careful what you wish for. See (URL) for the latest in involuntary user profiling that could become standard equipment at ISPs. Until people get mad and start to take back (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and (...) it (...) immoral (...) What about having the tackt to let me now directly that this was not the way of doing things ? Or at least inform me that you had put a negative posting on Lugnet ? I did not see this discussion until today - (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Helge, Thanks for letting us know what you are doing and that you are stoping your E-mails. I would note however that probably the main reason you only got 1 negative e-mail as feed back is probably because most Internet providers and E-mail (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) if (...) The note is taken, and I will have this in mind in the future. (...) and (...) Both Jeremy Sproat and Eric Kingsley has been send a mail with a copy of the mail where I got their email address. I will do the same for anybody else (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Just my own $.02, the scrupulous ones are the ones who quit. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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