Message-Id: <mailto:199509071458.JAA21294@library.wustl.edu> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 10:50:33 -0400 From: Anthony Troncale <mailto:atroncale@NYPL.ORG> Subject: Re[2]: Recent SPAMMING To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
While I deplore SPAMMING and think that those who SPAM truly do have
meat byproducts for brains, this string does bring up a difficult
issue. The ability to trace someone via their e-mail address should be
restricted regardless of the perpetrator's violations of internet
ethics. I get junk mail all the time at home and simply trash it just
as I trash certain types of e-mail on my listservs. Sure, its an
annoyance but it does not ruin my day.
The point is, within a research library environment, where I operate,
it is important to treat internet inquiries confidential, much like a
call slip is now. The ability to trace ones trail of hits on the WEB
is like knowing the recent history of what I looked at at my local
library for the past several months. The same could be applied to
listservs. Do we want this? Does ALA have a policy statement on this?
Anthony Troncale
New York Public Library
"Change comes from within."
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Subject: Re: Recent SPAMMING
Author: mailto:BINDA@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU at Internet
Date: 9/6/95 10:46 AM
I tried sending his junk mail back to mailto:gsamson@compuserve.com, but received a
message from the postmaster that it was undeliverable - compuserve addresses
are made up of numeric digits, not letters. I've tried responding to spammers
before. The addresses are always bogus. Isn't there some way to find out
where a message comes from?
Angela Binda
Brandeis University
mailto:binda@binah.cc.brandeis.edu