Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!dual!fair From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: use of netnews site information databases Message-ID: <827@dual.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Oct-84 18:05:31 EDT Article-I.D.: dual.827 Posted: Sat Oct 6 18:05:31 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Oct-84 21:52:29 EDT References: <1531@nsc.UUCP> <1428@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 17 This happened to me once before. I managed to identify the site which was responsible for the mailing (well, if they mail to my address in the USENET Compact Directory, then they must be on USENET somewhere...) and I let them know that I did *not* appreciate their use of the USENET directory, and they promised never to do it again. So far as I'm concerned, use of the USENET Compact directory as a direct mail marketing list is inappropriate, especially since there are commercially available mailing lists for that purpose. Just find out who on the net did it, and let 'em know that you don't appreciate it. They do stop if you raise a big enough stink. Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucb-arpa.ARPA dual!fair@BERKELEY.ARPA {ihnp4,ucbvax,hplabs,decwrl,cbosgd,sun,nsc,apple,pyramid}!dual!fair Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California