so, what, if anything, should be done about UPC spam?

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Yo Bros...

I've been getting more and more spam^Wemail lately from Apostolics peddling
their wares.

On the one hand, I'd like to do business with my brethren, and I'm not
sure I'd know anything about their services/products unless they email
me.

OTOH, I really am anti-spam for a number of reasons.  My email filter
looks for some key words to get rid of some of the worst of it, plus I
have a list of known spammers that my filter zots as the messages come
in.  It still does nothing for the wasted bandwidth, though.  It's
certainly piddly compared to accessing www.megavideo.com, but what about
five years from now?

Your opinions?

Richard Masoner
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> From bossman@mich.com Wed Jul 16 17:00:10 1997
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 17:53:10 -0400
> Message-Id: <199707162153.RAA10327@server1.mich.com>
> From: Computer Services International(Dowagiac) <bossman@mich.com>
> To: <rmasoner@prairienet.org>
> X-Mailer: NetMailer v1.0 (http://www.alphasoftware.com/netmailer) [C.R-DBBAAB3AD98A59B8BACAF]   
> Subject: CSI Opens online store-Owned by UPC brothers  
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> Hi this is Bro. Andy Sandora. I would like to notify you of the Computer Services International web store. We offer a full line of industry standard
> computer systems, accessories, soundcards etc. and we are in partnership with Ameriwood Furniture the worlds fourth largest Ready to Assemble furniture manufacturer. We have just opened a new store that combines all of our items with Ameriwood furniture  > line at near wholesale prices.
> 
> I have just finshed the first part of the web store which is located at
> http://www.shopsite.com/csi The furniture hasn't been added yet due to the time involved in picture scanning and getting shipping materials together to pack such large boxes. Please stop by and see us. If you have a specific need please email me and I wil> l get you a custum quote.
> 
> Brother Andy Sandora
> CSI/Ameriwood Furniture Outlet
> web sales