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Subject: Additional discussions

Steve,
     Thank you for your prompt reply. I agree, this is a difficult
situation and we all know that "hard cases make bad law." My reading
of the letter in the digest suggested that the offender may have send
his "ad" to a few people, but it appears he may have really "spammed"
the mailing list.  I didn't receive anything, but I've only been
published once almost a year ago. One man's junk mail may be another's
gold. I know that some services pay by the byte, so that is always an
issue.  I'm sure that e-mail list will be bought and sold in the near
future as are snail mail addresses.  In my business dealings I can
call a "list broker" and receive snail mail lists for pipe smokers to
believers in the occult. Its what we call capitalism. Alot of what I
get as junk mail goes into the recycle bag, but if you send me
something on ham radio, say, I'll be sure to open it. (BTW, Ham Call
Signs, names and addresses are public information through the FCC.)
     If I were in your shoes, I may have taken the same action. I just
thought a full discussion of the issue was needed. It will be
interesting to see the reaction of the membership to receiving ads via
e-mail vs ads in the digest. Keep up the good work on the digest.

Regards,

Bruce Perrussel, B.A. Communication/Washington State University
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