Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 15:26:23 -0700 (PDT) From: toby@ugcs.caltech.edu (Toby Bartels) Subject: Re: Why I did not order. (fwd) I received a spam email from the rogue site quantcom.com which included an ad for Mass Music, whose web page ironically includes a link to your antispam page. I figured you would be interested in this, but I don't know how you like this sort of information to be reported, so I'm just sending you the reply I got from Mass Music. Forwarded message: >From vp@massmusic.com Mon Apr 14 18:19:13 1997 Message-Id: <199704150119.SAA31512@ranma.mass-music.com> From: "Roy Lester" To: "Toby Bartels" Subject: Re: Why I did not order. Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:24:39 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Our intention was not to "spam." Our advertising policy has been changed to strictly and explicitly NEVER do any "spam" type advertising campaigns. We are now taking an active stance against spam ads. We were misled to believe this was being sent to people who signed-up to this email list to be informed of new sites and services on the Internet. It was not our intent to be part of a spamming. I promise you that we at Mass Music will have no more dealings with the company that sent this. Our Apologies, Roy Lester VP Customer Relations vp@mass-music.com http://www.massmusic.com ---------- > From: Toby Bartels > To: vp@mass-music.com > Subject: Why I did not order. > Date: Monday, April 14, 1997 5:06 PM > > I was pleased to see that your site includes > a link to > indicating your opposition to spam. > Ironically, the only reason I was visiting your site > was to find contact information so I could inform you > that your site was being advertised in spam. > Protect your good name and get out of the spam ads! > > > -- Toby Bartels > toby@ugcs.caltech.edu > > > PS: The unsolicited email I received is reproduced below. > Your ad is the second from the end. > > > >From null@quantcom.com Mon Apr 14 00:07:52 1997 > Return-Path: > Received: from pc.hom.net (pc.hom.net [165.113.166.2]) > by envy.ugcs.caltech.edu with ESMTP (8.8.5/UGCS:4.44) id AAA02129 > for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:07:48 -0700 (PDT) > From: null@quantcom.com > Received: from pc.hom.net ([209.14.30.32]) by pc.hom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) > with SMTP id DAA13907; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 03:04:15 -0400 > Received: from mail.plasube.com(205.130.25.10) by plasube.com > (8.8.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id GAA05850 for ; Mon, 14 Apr > 1997 00:45:32 -0600 (EST) > To: test@quantcom.com > Message-ID: <115200369800.GGTY02115@plasube.com> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 97 00:45:32 EST > Subject: Mega-Mailer! > Reply-To: null@quantcom.com > Comments: Authenticated sender is > > The following message has been brought to you by Quantum > Communications. 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