Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

You have the ability to stop all unsolicited bulk mail through the US
Postal Service.  Just go down to the nearest office and fill out the
form they give you and you'll stop getting a good bit of that mailbox
filler.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Alan MacHett
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:08 AM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [internetworkers] snail spam
> 
> aka junk mail:
> 
> http://www.pitneyworks.com/lists  ==
> http://list.infousa.com/pitney_bowes_lists.htm
> 
> We all hate spam; it sucks on a massive scale.  Ultimately, though,
it's
> only real cost is time.
> 
> Junk mail, on the other hand, takes a material toll.  Just think of
the
> millions or hundreds of millions of AOL cds in our landfills.  There
outta
> be a law.  Maybe there is one.  Anyone know of it?  Nah, I doubt it.
Spam
> isn't illegal; why should junk mail be.  Yet, oddly enough,
unsolicited
> faxes and unwanted (previously declared as such) telemarketing calls
are
> illegal.  "Oddly enough" because, well, shouldn't it *all* be either
legal
> or illegal?  I mean, exceeding the speed limit isn't illegal on *some*
> roads....
> 
> eh.  just thinking out loud.  I'm sure I'm overlooking some salient
point.
> and I'm sure someone will point it out to me shortly...
> 
> -Alan
> having a crappy day
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