I got a piece of Christmas advertising from a spammer the other day. I sent
a brief (and curt) message to <[log in to unmask]>. The postmaster's
reply to my not-so-polite note is below. If all providers were this prompt
and this firm, life would be a little bit better on the Net.
 
Thank you Mr Skully. (LSTOWN-L is a discussion list for hundreds of folks
who operate LISTSERV-managed discussion lists.)
 
Ed Paynter
 
------reply to my complaint----------
>Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:33:22 -0700
>To: -------
>From: Lyle Scully <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Apology from AZLink Internet Services, Inc.
>
>
>AZLink Internet Services would like to apologize to you for the recent
>"junk" email you recently received from a user of this system
>([log in to unmask]). We do not condone this behaviour in any way nor do we
>promote it as a valid way to do advertising. AZLink is not in any way a
>haven for junk emailers. We have a policy of two strikes your out. First we
>warn the user of our policies regarding this type of advertising This step
>is taken as an attempt to provide the user with the necessary education
>they may need to prevent this from happening again. The next time it
>happens we remove the account. For this user it was the second time. We
>have already taken steps to ensure that this user can not send any more
>mail from our system.
>
>Again we are sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused for you. If
>in the future any AZLink client spams you with unwanted mail, please do not
>hesitate to get in touch with us.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Lyle
>
>Lyle Scully
>VP/System Administrator                        http://www.azlink.com
>AZLink Internet Services, Inc.                 mailto:[log in to unmask]