At  1:01 PM 6/26/94 -0400, Marge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>The article was posted only to internet newsgroups.  If a newsgroup
>also mails a mailing list, we apologize for the mistake.  This was a one-time
>experiment and had pre-approval.  Flames are expected, but you have to
>realize the people who want to catch the fugitive are more concerned
>with information on him than with people getting a bit irritated.
 
Pre-approval from whom?  Did they know the message was 184K?  There's no
conceivable way that a message that long makes any sense.  What fraction of
recipients do you suppose have any idea what most of it was (uuencoded jpeg
is not what you usually expect to find on a list)?  Do you plan to
reimburse all those who have to pay for their mail by the kbyte?
 
Why on earth didn't you simply provide an ftp address for the graphic and
let people who might be interested retrieve it?  Further, even if I did not
the perp from email how could his picture help (I rarely know what people I
routinely email with look like)?
 
I think I stick by my original Keystone Kops assessment and will see what
can be done about filtering your address to keep it off lists and
newsgroups.
 
>On Fri, 24 Jun 1994 16:35:17 GMT, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and the Air Force Office of Special
>>Investigations is looking for help to try and find a fugitive wanted for
>>murder in the state of Florida.
>
>etc. and attached 2856 line UUCODE JPEG file.
>
>Your user has no business posting a graphic file to a mailing list.
>Granted if the suspect is a heavy user of lists, Internet users might have
>something to offer, but ticking off hundreds (or thousands) of us with a
>totally inappropriate posting isn't helpful.  Lots of readers pay to
>download their email, and posting 184K when 4K would do is an excessive
>waste of other people's money (to say nothing of making you all look no
>better than the Keystone Kops).
 
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