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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 14:23:13 -0700
To: Logical Language Group <lojbab@access.digex.net>
From: cbogart@quetzal.com (Chris Bogart)
Subject: Re: Die, Spammer, Die (was: Court Ordered Liquidation...)
Status: RO

NETCOM support writes:
>> Thank you for your report. This user has been permanently removed
>> from the system for abuse of Usenet and mailing lists. We apologize
>> for any inconvenience that was caused.

John Cowan notes:
>Sometimes the good guys actually win.

Hard to say in this case.  Netcom lets you register for a new account on 
line, and you get it automatically.  The spammer probably applied for a new 
account just to do this, knowing they would be immediately booted off.  In 
the mean time, a few people will buy disk drives from their posting, and 
they come out ahead.

I hope it doesn't work this way, but apparently that's what happened with 
the law firm that advertized for "green card" stuff this way.  They've even 
written a book recommending the technique.
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