RE: Dealing with inappropriate mail

[Jon Jorstad (PRO) <a-jonj@microsoft.com>]

"Flaming the sender" privately is exactly what I wanted to do, but the 
sender's address was constructed to reflect to everyone else.  I think 
this is what happened to many/most.

Jon
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>From: Mark Gendron <markge>
>To:  <"'thewho-digest@cisco.com'">;  <thewho-digest@cisco.com>
>Subject: FW: Dealing with inappropriate mail
>Date: Saturday, July 22, 1995 8:37AM
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>In recent weeks, this alias has been "bombed" with mail
>requesting money, having nothing to do with my favorite British
>rock group. This is
>an unfortunate fact of life on the Internet.
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>When you receive this sort of mail, please resist the
>temptation to reply to the entire list, to let everyone know
>how much the mail
>annoyed you. By doing so, you contribute to the clutter of
>unwanted mail and, perversely, you actually propagate the
>offending message to
>people who may have missed it the first time!
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>There are more appropriate actions which you might take, such as:
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>* Contacting the list owner privately, to bring the matter to his or 
her attention.
>* Bringing the mail to the attention of the postmaster at the
>location from which the message was sent.
>* Flaming the sender, although these cretins usually find a way to 
mask their identity.
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>Thanks
>-mg
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