On (03 Jan 95) Rod Speed wrote to Paul Edwards...



 PE> Would everyone please make sure that when they are sending

 PE> netmail messages they use a proper (ie fidonet-listed)

 PE> address, instead of just sending messages to random destinations

 PE> to people who don't want to receive them. Anyone who doesn't have

 PE> the technology to accomplish this, please contact me and we'll see

 PE> if we can find some appropriate technology to solve the problem.



 RS> Wouldnt it be a heap easier to have a fail safe at your end for

 RS> the netmail which doesnt have a proper destination address ?



 RS> While its obviously best if the sender gets it right, there is no

 RS> substitute for a safety net under that, particularly when you have

 RS> a wild variety of different systems being used to create the netmail.



safety net bah! i've had it with all this user friendly shit, you fuck

up, you should pay. in keeping with paul's philosophy of life, on

receiving netmail with no address, the board should delete the offenders

account, and the next time he logs on, download a particularly nasty

virus, and a message inviting him to foad  (-8



                        Keith



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