[SPARCbook] off topic: Naturetech Portable SPARC Mailing List

[Rich Kulawiec]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 12:36:45PM -0500, Len Rose wrote:
> I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else who was spammed
> with my site listed as the "source" but honestly them mentioning
> my site shouldn't be grounds for suspicion..

It most certainly should be (grounds for suspicion).  It's certainly
not proof, of course: they could have just as easily pulled the
archives from the old Sparcbook mailing list hosted at this domain
(gsp.org) and thrown suspicion on *me*...and if they were so foolish
as to do that, I certainly would expect lots of people to have
questions for me.  That's completely understandable.

> and I resent you not sending me mail asking me first before posting
> it to this list. 

I do not contact suspected/possible/confirmed spammers privately.
(Why?  Because they then make the claim that I have "solicited"
mail from them and hold this up to their ISP when complaints are
filed there.  It is unfortunate that one of the side-effects of
this is that direct contact with people who are merely *suspected*
of *possible* involvement becomes problematic.  I recognize that
this is sub-optimal for all concerned, especially when the party
involved has no involvement and is blameless, as in your case.)

I made an inquiry: you responded; I have indicated that I am taking
you at your word: I believe you.  I'm not sure what else you want
me to do.

> I've been on the net since almost the beginning and no one
> hates spam more than I.

As I have been, and as I do.

BTW: What did NatureTech say when you wrote (called?) them to ask
them to stop falsely implicating your domain in their spam?

---Rsk

p.s. BTW, I'm *really* disappointed in NatureTech.  I had considered
purchasing their products, but the Boulder Pledge prohibits me from
doing business with spammers.