minstrel: (Attn list coordinator) Re: possible misuse of lis t

[Fitzgearld, Fredric]

The same thing happened to me.  I jointed this list and the Armory list at
the same time and in 4 days my spam went up 500%.  One case was even dirty
jokes.  Since I'm at work (I'm an Intel employee) ALL cases of junk mail and
mail abuse gets reported to my system owner and the INTEL LEGAL department.

To the one doing the junk mail, STOP SENDING UNSOLSITED BULK MAIL (ie. SPAM
and JUNK Mail).  It is illegal to sent it to me as I live in Washington
state.

Fredric Fitzgearld
I don't speak for Intel

-----Original Message-----
From: Growltgger at aol.com
To: minstrel at rt.com
Sent: 3/18/99 8:11 PM
Subject: minstrel: (Attn list coordinator)  Re: possible misuse of list

Greetings, one and all.

Although an old-time SCAdian, I am fairly new to this particular mailing
list.
Forgive me; what I have to say is off-topic, and I do not want to sound
ungracious.  But I do want to express my concern about a distressing
problem I
just noticed TONIGHT.   I have reason to believe someone might be
abusing this
mailing list:  "lurking" on it, and using it as a medium to "harvest"
names
for various junk email lists.

Let me explain.  This screen name and AOL account of mine, are less than
THREE DAYS OLD.   I have emailed no one using Growltgger at aol.com.  I
have
given the name out to no one, save the majordomo of the SCA Minstrel's
list,
and the Brewing list.   This discretion was exercised, with the
intention of
keeping the online porn merchants and scam artists from getting ahold of
my
good name, and cramming my mailbox with junk---as they have, with past
accounts.   Still today, inexplicably, Growltgger at aol.com received its
first
junk email.  I WAS FURIOUS.

Now, I do realize there are also a number of ways in which screennames
can be
"harvested", especially on AOL;  one is by scanning Member Services for
profiles, another is by scanning people in chatrooms.  I can assure you,
I
have taken steps against even these.  I have no AOL profile, and I have
never
entered an AOL chatroom under Growltgger.   That narrows down the
culprit to
someone on either of these lists.

Please, please, PLEASE....if you are the one doing so, cease and desist
immediately.  Junk email, or Spam, is a boorish and INFURIATING blight
on the
bandwidth of the Web.  And stealing someone's name to exploit it
commercially
goes agains everything the Society stands for.  For dignity and
honor...please
knock it the heck off!!!

We now return to the topic as scheduled.  :)

Your servant,

>^..^<  Genevieve de la Tygresse Blanche

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