In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] (Jeff Brown) writes:
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>From: [log in to unmask] (Jeff Brown)
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>Subject: Re: Unsolicited solicitation..... :-(
>Date: 1 May 1995 17:38:28 GMT
>Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs
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>Oh, forgot to mention.  Since I was not the only one hit, and
>this newsgroup seems to be a source of their mailing list, I
>notified the "news.admin.net-abuse.misc" newsgroup of this
>abuse, but posting a copy in that newsgroup.
 
>Jeff Brown
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>In article <[log in to unmask]>,
>[log in to unmask] says...
>>
>>I just received *three* duplicate copies of a long
>>unsolicited solicitation directly from somebody called
>>Metro Information Systems Corporation.  Their email is:
>>[log in to unmask]             or
>>[log in to unmask]     (depends on where you look).
>>
>>Did they hit everybody, or have I been "privileged" to be
>>singled out ??.......  I sent it back to them and told them I
>>was *not* happy.....     :-(
>>
>>Here are the first few lines, which is all I will inflict on you:
>>
>>>Pardon this email intrusion, but don't just start cursing
>>>and deleting this message.  This message is about some
>>>very unique technology.  Something that will make your
>>>life better and more productive if have to work with
>>>computers and networks on a daily basis.  The product is
>>>called "PToolkit".     [.....BIG SNIP.....]
>>
>>Ken Sletten
 
For what it's worth, I even got the same message sent to my Compuserve account
with a $0.10 fee to retreive the message. Not only is it annoying but it made
me poorer.
 
I hate these types of messages.....
 
Mark