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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Specific mailbombing threat (was Sprint, etc.)
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote: > I don't want, either, to get into the ethics of spam or carrier > responsibilities. Traffic and congestion issues, however, are another > matter. I received yet another cyberpromo spam this morning, that contains > a specific threat of retaliatory mailbombing -- IF CYBERPROMO'S _SOFTWARE_ > decides a response is a flame. > Think about it if this cyberpromo threat is real. What if several people > respond with flames? What is the potential for congestion if this > escalates? What if Cyberpromo sells this software to other spammers? What if the spammers are all on a mailing list sharing their techniques? What if iq-internet.com is running a similar mail robot and that is causing the flood that is hitting world.std.com? > (b)email to 3 million people a questionable item with your return email > address. Sounds like intent to commit a crime to me. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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