AGIS, IEMMC Halt Bulk E-Mail

Wed May 28 19:42:46 UTC 1997

On Wed, 28 May 1997, Mark E Larson wrote:

> Well, they did say on the AGIS Network.  Can anyone tell if this is happening?
> I get very few SPAM messages anymore because of filtering.

I got two messages from cyberpromo.com this morning.  Certainly the
rain of spam is if anything picking up.

> > provider AGIS (Apex Global Internet Services, Inc.) has challenged all
> > members of the Internet E-Mail Marketing Council (IEMMC) to stop
> > originating all bulk e-mail through the AGIS network. Under the terms
> >
> >> > the IEMMC agreed to suspend bulk e-mail services on Sunday, May 25th,
> >> > 1997.

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