Junk mail ??? Clogged Arteries ??? (fwd)

[Lea V. Usin]

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Erin Murphy wrote:

> Folks - just another thought about this.  I do find junk email on CanDrama
> annoying and I would welcome suggestions from others on the list as to
> what steps we could take to discourage/prevent these sorts of unwanted
> intrusions in future.
>
> I replied directly to the sender of the latest irrelevant add.  ie I sent
> my message of complaint to the emailer's address - cd006109 at INTERRAMP.COM.
> *I didn't choose "reply to all"  option, or copy this message to the list
> [CANDRAMA at hermes.csd.unb.ca]*

The more effective method is to send a note of complaint to
postmast@[address] as well.  If there are enough complaints the service
provider might discontinue the person's account.

> I sent the following message 12 times to to the address given in the
> original post:

Although I fully share your frustration, this is dangerous as many access
providers prohibit doing this and might terminate _your_ account for
'harassment'.

> If we get more annoying messages; in particular more adds from the same
> source, perhaps other member of the list could send repeat messages
> complaining about this sort of marketing *to the source*. 10 or 12
> repeats from various members of the list should give the sender some
> appreciation of how annoying it can be to receive unwanted/irrelevant email.

Just one message per sender will be more effective, especially if it's to
the postmaster.


Lea V. Usin
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario