>The fact that you're not bothered by it may simply mean that you're better >adjusted than the rest of us. No, no, I don't think I'll touch _that_ one. >Spamming is a problem across the net, will continue to be a >problem, but the pressure exerted by the community against the practice is >definitely having an effect. You have absolutely no way of knowing that. >There'd be much more of it if we didn't make our position known. This is what's know as a contrafactual assertion. "If my aunt had wheels, she'd be a teacart." There's no way to know whether there'd be more, less, or the same amount of spamming if you "didn't make our position known". >I hope the discussion continues, and that list owners can get organized for a >concerted protest. For starts, I have doubts as to whether giving someone's phone number to thousands of people and encouraing them to call and register their dissatisfaction constitutes a "protest". However, even presuming that you were able to enlist enough help to make Mr. Slaton's life sufficiently miserable to cause _him_ to desist, by what mechanism is that going to dissuade others? Were you planning on sending out a message to every mailing list and news group you could think of warning people not to spam lest Mike Holloway and his Shooting Out Back Squad come after them? -- Lefty [gYon-Pa] <[log in to unmask]> C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.