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#! rnews 3790 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!pacit.tas.gov.au!martin.toursr.tas.gov.au!user From: mcrisp@toursr.tas.gov.au (Martin Crisp) Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-access,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.software-eng,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.system,co mp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,control,misc.consumers.frugal-living,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems Subject: Re: Proper Spam Protocol (was Re: $$$ Make 20,000 ...) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 13:22:48 +1000 Organization: Dept. Tourism, Sport & Recreation Lines: 34 Message-ID: <mcrisp-1408961322480001@martin.toursr.tas.gov.au> References: <4tpido$fif@news.nstn.ca> <4tqujk$1a0_002@bryonip.iglobal.net> <32077452.1F37@nando.net> <ballabio-0708960123520001@nntp.tsl.uu.se> <320A8646.1228@ix.netcom.com> <320FB124.5FDE@internorth.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: martin.toursr.tas.gov.au X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.databases.ms-access:92873 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:89679 comp.lang.c++:179071 comp.lang.java:73326 comp.lang.perl.misc:36332 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:170125 comp.software-eng:41755 comp.sys.amiga.games:99631 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:159884 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure:115184 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim:123700 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:98827 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic:169548 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:69387 comp.sys.laptops:74725 comp.sys.mac.a pps:156917 comp.sys.mac.comm:162141 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:43170 comp.sys.mac.misc:133258 comp.sys.mac.portables:61652 comp.sys.mac.system:169114 comp.unix.aix:82651 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25414 control:1331958 misc.consumers.frugal-living:19268 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.misc:30917 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.motherboards:28207 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables:20944 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.software:27997 misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.systems:18728 In article <320FB124.5FDE@internorth.com>, cvickers@internorth.com wrote: > Giuliano Carlini wrote: [snipped] > The biggest problem with going the legal way (in my experience) is that > a huge percentage of these schemes arise outside of the US. This is > understandable given that a large percentage of those of us on the Net > aren't American. Therefore, going to any American court to attempt to > punish the originators is about as useful as the Communications > Decency Act. Any American court is going to have as much effect on a > foreign pyramid scheme as it would on a foreign porno site: zero. Interesting, maybe they're spams with fore-thought. Coz in the Aus.* newsgroups (for Australia for those that don't seem to realize it) almost all the Fast Cash threads originate in the States.... > Remember, > the biggest lie in the world is that the Internet is American. Wish someone would tell that to those who think aus.* means Austin, Texas rather than Australia... (no I couldn't be bothered editing the header lines either) Have Fun Martin -- Martin Crisp B.Sc. <mcrisp@toursr.tas.gov.au> Mac & PC (blech!), user, network & mail support/admin The opinions expressed above are mine alone unless explicitly stated otherwise.