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Re: spam in lists (bug list mainly)



>  My point is that it has already happened.  AOL files suits against
>  spammers, and fight spam in all other possible ways.  I am at a
>  loss as far as what else could they do?  Please understand that I
>  have no affection for AOL at all ;-),  but I admire them for
>  standing up, and doing the right thing.  Of course, that was after
>  years of ignoring the issue....

>> ignoring

I don't believe that is the case.  That is I don't think that AOL ever
ignored spamming.  I do remember that they were quite responsive in
their early days.  I think that what happened is that they experienced
and 'explosive' growth that 'over-ran' their capability.

-- 
best,
-bill
      bleach@BellSouth.net  b.leach@Worldnet.att.net
           b.leach@usa.net  LinuxPC@Hotmail.com
from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign:
"The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!"
         See!  They do get some things right!


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