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]