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From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Public Service Announcement
Date:	18 Dec 2001 16:58:39 GMT
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don't_ask AT don't_tell.0rg wrote in news:9vnnjk01upd AT drn DOT newsguy DOT com:

> My purpose for writing was to alert people to the fact that AOL is
> hosting a crook and that if they receive the spam, they should complain
> to authorities, 18 states in the U.S.A. have laws that prohibit theft
> of bandwidth by spam, and there are many long-standing laws both state
> & Federal that prohibit mail-fraud, + scams such as pyrmids, ponzi
> scams,.... and the SEC prosecuted cases of Investment Fraud.  People
> need to be alerted to the recourse that they have, its NOT just hit
> delete, its get the spammers account deleted + prosecute the outlaws.

all of this can only happen if you actually contact AOL, and report the 
offender. not if you keep posting spam.

if you want to learn how to deal with spam, you can consult
http://www.unur.com/comp/anti-spam-howto.html

in the mean time, please follow DJ's advice and refrain from posting 
replies to spam.
 
Sinan.
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A. Sinan Unur
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