RBL quandry - opinions hereby solicited

Tue Nov 17 14:11:41 UTC 1998

At 9:45 AM -0800 11/16/98, Ron_Johnson at enron.net wrote:
>I don't really see this as SPAM. It's is annoying, but I would place it in
>the same classification as a credit card company, one that I hold a card
>from. sending me junk mail. Since they (Network solutions), have developed
>this mailing list from infomation you provided to them in registering
>domain(s).
>They are entitled to contact you. You may, of course complain, and they
>(Network solutions), are of course are entitled to take no action.
>
>Ron Johnson

ron,

the difference is, if you hold a credit card from a company that contacts
you all the time with at best uninteresting offers, you have the CHOICE to
seek another credit card company.  at the MOMENT, who of us has an option
to seek another company to register domains with?

it's spam.  in my humble opinion, paul, they should be warned that they are
in danger of being added to the blackhole list...if and only because so
many of us DO have to rely on them.  the warning should be along the lines
of no UCE, put something on your webpage for an opt IN choice if someone
does want to receive information on this site.  if they don't
respond...*shrug* treat them just like any other spammer.

personally i think it is worse that they are sending UCE because they know
they have a captive audience and there isn't TOO much we can do about it.

melinda thompson

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