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Steve Masticola, Moderator
Pipes Digest

Dear Steve,
	I was looking over the last digest and your reaction to the
"spamming" problem, where someone send a subscriber of the digest an
advertisement via e-mail. I appreciate that the digest is your idea
and you do most of the work, however, I feel your reac tion was
overkill.
	Since this seems to be the first offense, wouldn't a slap on
the hand be enough? It appears that you are an "old-timer" on the
'net. Like it or not, commercial ventures are now paying for most of
the net operations. What started as a way for professors and others to
share ideas has become a world-wide communications network. I think we
are all going to have to get used to advertising. We don't control
what the postman puts in our box in front of our house. Don't get me
wrong, I don't want a huge amount
 of junk e-mail waiting for me, but like the old song goes..."The
times they are a-changin'." Please don't take this as a "flame," just
a difference of opinion. Keep up the good work on the digest.

Sincerely,

Bruce Perrussel

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