Re: The new generation

[Hope Ehn Dennis Ehn <ehn...>]

Yes, that message was a "spam." And the header was "hacked" to show a
non-existent address. A good response to such a posting is to respond to
the poster (with copy of his message included), explaining why his post
was inappropriate -- with a carbon copy to the postmaster at his site. 
When the header has been "hacked" as this one was, however, such replies
will bounce. 

Apparently, there *was* a good Internet address in the body of the
message. I didn't have the time to read to the end; after my replies
bounced, I complained to the staff at The World. Someone there actually
read the message all the way through, found a real Internet address, and
"flamed" it, with a copy to the postmaster at the real site. 

Hope Ehn                      <ehn (at) world(dot)std(dot)com> 

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On 20 Jul 1995, Jeff Kenney wrote:

> It it just me or is this what is known as a "spam"?
> 
> I am fairly new to the internet.
> 
> What is the appropriate response to a "spam"?
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