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Subject:Re: How to treat unwanted LISTSERV messages? From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 1 Aug 1995 08:11:51 -0500
In my opinion, the best way is to E-mail a very polite
letter to the user who sent it (NOT to TECHWR-L) with a
carbon copy to
POSTMASTER -at- whatever -dot- the -dot- actual -dot- domain -dot- is -dot-
Don't flame, don't mailbomb, just be nice and firm and
state that you don't find the ad posted to TECHWR-L
appropriate as it has nothing to do with technical
communication.
This generally works wonders. From my mail this
morning:
To all concerned:
The account "indian -at- rt66 -dot- com" has been removed from our services.
The user, Jeff Slaton, is no longer on our system for posting
a commercial message to many different listserv's and email
lists. The posted mail, entitled "For Your Information", unfortunately
was posted to many newsgroups and listserv. The posting, relative
to nuclear weapons, was posted to groups ranging from professional
email to a support list for those living with brain tumors.
If you want to chastise him, try physics -at- indirect -dot- com -dot- That's his new
address. Internet Direct (indirect.com) is one of our competitor
and we will be warning them about this individual's activities.
Route 66 empathizes and apologizes for any convenience Jeff Slaton
has caused you. It is amazing what greif people are willing to
cause for their greed.
Again, our apology for your incovenience.
-Bob Kelly
Technical Support
Route 66 Internet, Albuquerque, New Mexico
bobek -at- rt66 -dot- com
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Subject: How to treat unwanted LISTSERV messages?
Author: Shakespeare's Monkey <CARL_M1 -at- VERIFONE -dot- COM> at SMTP
Date: 7/31/95 1:12 PM
I rather new to this list and list servers in general, but on Usenet,
the typical way to handle unwanted messages is to bounce it back to
the sender. When that send sees a mailbox full of "Don't send me your
solicitations" headers, the sender usually (but not always) gets the
message.
What's the proper form (especially one that doesn't contribute to more
bandwidth wastage, such as mine)?
