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Subject:	Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2000 18:06:51 GMT
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"Andreas Stabno" <stabno@megsinet.net> wrote in message news:G1GECG.5qK@lugnet.com... > Jeremy, I will be more than happy to remove your address from my list, but • a > simple email could have been a little more effective and to the point. > Perhaps you did not read past the first part of my message: I agree here. > "In all likelihood you have dealt with me before by trading pieces or • buying > sets from me. If we have not yet completed a deal and you are on this • list, > we have at least corresponded by email before. If you don't want to • receive > this type of email for any reason at all, just let me know. I will be • glad to > remove your name from my list." > > For the record, I am very disappointed in these allegations and can simply • say > that my notice was only sent to people who have dealt with me before. • Many > people responded very favorably to my message, and to be frank it seems to • be > common AFOL business practice to notify existing customers of new deals. I would stand behind Andreas here - though I wasn't interested in buying what he offered, I appreciated being considered as a potential buyer. I don't recall if I've ever dealt with him before, but I've exchanged some pleasant email with him in the past, so I welcome news of his sales. I don't think its SPAM in the sense of the icky bulk unsolicited trash that shady online businesses are selling. Its Lego, from an IMO reliable source [1]. I think that Andreas deserves a little slack and a little credit for being willing in the first place to remove anyone from the list. [1] There's a definite difference in my mind - I hate SPAM just about as much as you do, Jeremy. If I had time I'd seek legislation against it, but I don't. For now, I just use the Spamcop filters (www.spamcop.net). -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: 23951114 - AIM: TimCourtne

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		Re: Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
(...) In my professional opinion, it is definitely Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), which is definitely SPAM. Before you ask, yes, there was a time when a major ISP payed me to determine things like this. (...) Doesn't matter the source, the fact (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)

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		Sale announcements (Was Beware more SPAM...)
(...) Jeremy, I will be more than happy to remove your address from my list, but a simple email could have been a little more effective and to the point. Perhaps you did not read past the first part of my message: "In all likelihood you have dealt (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)

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