Received: from access1.digex.net (qlYBsVTekvXHY@access1.digex.net [205.197.245.192]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id OAA00546 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 1995 14:08:09 -0400 Received: (from lojbab@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA02509 ; for cowan@ccil.org; Fri, 4 Aug 1995 11:37:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 11:37:49 -0400 From: Logical Language Group Message-Id: <199508041537.LAA02509@access1.digex.net> To: cowan@ccil.org Subject: Your opinion on this requested Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Fri Aug 4 14:08:12 1995 X-From-Space-Address: lojbab@access.digex.net >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 21:21:47 -0700 >From: List Boy >To: lojbab@access.digex.net >Subject: Apologies from Architext > >Hello, > A short while ago you likely received a piece of "junk mail" >entitled "Architext would like to index your mailing list." I made a >foolish technical blunder, so you probably didn't receive the letter >you were supposed to, about how wonderful Architext is. Well, it is >wonderful. And I certainly hope that you will not hold my great >mistake against this fine company. I can only beg your forgiveness >and ask you to read the real letter, enclosed below. Please direct >all flames to Jeff Young (list@atext.com). > > >With most profuse apologies, >Jeff Young >(list@atext.com) > > >P.S. If you have not yet received anything from Architext, please >disregard the aforementioned and read on anyway. > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >Hi, > >Architext is an exciting new media navigation company. We're >developing a service designed to give users powerful ways to search >and browse the content available over the internet. > >We're calling our service Bullseye!, and we'd like to include your >mailing list(s) in the content that we index and archive. Other >content will include web pages, newsgroups and thousands of editorial >reviews. Basic searching and browsing will be free for all users; we >also plan to offer profiling services for a nominal fee. > >Would it be acceptable for Architext to subscribe to your list(s) as a >regular user and to keep archives of the list(s) content? This content >will always be freely searchable by any user of the internet. > >In exchange for your permission to index your list(s), we'd like to >offer you profiling services free of charge for one year. That way you >will be notified about new web pages and news articles that match your >profile. So you can stay abreast of new developments and make sure you >have the most current information available as it comes out. Don't be >the last on your block to get profiling from Bullseye! > >Architext was recently voted one of the top 25 cool technology >companies by Fortune magazine (July 10 issue) and was featured on the >cover of this March's Red Herring magazine. For more information on >Architext, check out http://www.atext.com. > >Bullseye! will be opening soon (around August 15) and we hope that we >can include your list(s) in this exciting service. > >If you agree to allow us to archive your list(s), please add us as the >user list@atext.com (non-digest form, please, if possible). And drop >us a line telling us which list(s) you've subscribed us to. > >Thanks for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. > > >Jeff Young, >Bullseye Project Engineer >(list@atext.com)