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Mass mailing to Pick sites using FFT Internet Web crawler

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Jon Sisk

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Sep 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM9/30/99
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Please remember when responding to this generous offer
to send a copy to the alert people at ab...@aol.com.

Act today, avoid the rush.
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Jon
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WJhonson

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Oct 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/1/99
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FFT announces the availability of FFT WebCrawler 2.0 for Pick and Multi-value
systems. Crawl the internet stripping Pick URL and E-mail leads out of the
HTML jumble and mass mail them today! Why let your competition get ahead? Send
your resume to 50 or 500 sites in a few minutes. Notify the world of your new
software release by direct E-mail! License WebCrawler 2.0 today for one
hundred dollars. So cheap and yet so good....

WJhonson

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Oct 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/1/99
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Get FFT WebCrawler 2.0 today
Mailto: fft...@aol.com
or go to the web at:
http://members.aol.com/fft2001/prof/index.htm

Luke Webber

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Oct 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/1/99
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Christ, and I complained about the V3 double post!

Anybody wants to send bulk email to Pick people or otherwise had better
realise they're wasting their time. Bulk email doesn't work and your ISP is
just as likely to shut down your account while the rest of us look on and
cheer.

Take your WebCrawler and stick it where the monkey hid its nuts, Moron.

Luke Webber

(Follow-up to ab...@aol.com)

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FFT2001

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Oct 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/3/99
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Thank you for your kind words. However, writing software to do mass mailing is
not a violation of any terms of service. How a person chooses to use that
software is their choice.

Richard Ginsburg

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Oct 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/3/99
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FFT2001 <fft...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19991003103240...@ng-fy1.aol.com...

However, building guns is not a violation of any terms of service. How a
person chooses to use that gun is their choice. If you make it, they will
abuse it...

Luke Webber

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Oct 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/4/99
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Bullshit. You have advertised a product specifically tailored to do
something considered repugnant by the entire internet community. If you're
not violating your terms of service you're encouraging others to do so,
which IMO is actually worse. It's much like the difference between
drugtaking and dealing.

Even Richard's comparison doesn't quite hold up because some guns actually
do have peaceful uses. You're selling something which can *only* be put to
bad use, so don't peddle your sophistry to me.

Luke

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Concerned Netizen

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Oct 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/4/99
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>......... You have advertised a product specifically tailored to do


> something considered repugnant by the entire internet community.

I'm sure one or two sleaze-bags don't find it repugnant.


Gulraj Rijhwani

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Oct 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/5/99
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In article <19991003103240...@ng-fy1.aol.com>
fft...@aol.com "FFT2001" writes:

> Thank you for your kind words. However, writing software to do mass mailing is
> not a violation of any terms of service. How a person chooses to use that
> software is their choice.

Writing it may not be. Writing an e-mail harvester as a purely didactic
exercise is quite interesting, though hardly taxing.

However, trying to flog one for personal gain, and explicitly encouraging
the abuse that it is designed to facilitiate is utterly reprehensible.
And it IS contrary to most major ISPs AUPs these days, not only to
send unsolicited bulk e-mail, but also to advertise such facilities or
encourage their use.
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All material copyright Gulraj Rijhwani and Courtfields. ALL RIGHTS RETAINED.


Gulraj Rijhwani

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Oct 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/5/99
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In article <19990930204317...@ng-cg1.aol.com>
wjho...@aol.com "WJhonson" writes:

> FFT announces the availability of FFT WebCrawler 2.0 for Pick and Multi-value
> systems. Crawl the internet stripping Pick URL and E-mail leads out of the
> HTML jumble and mass mail them today! Why let your competition get ahead?

..when you can actively push their boat for them.

> Send your resume to 50 or 500 sites in a few minutes.

..and advertise for all to see the fact that you are an utter clue vacuum
not fit for employment in anything remotely approaching 'net matters.

> Notify the world of your new
> software release by direct E-mail!

..and be assured of alienating any potential market you may have had on the
Internet.

Hmmm - sound like a great strategies to me... Please rush me my priority
order (under plain unmarked wrapper) now!

NOT!

t...@mail2.nai.net

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Oct 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/6/99
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On 03 Oct 1999 14:32:40 GMT, fft...@aol.com (FFT2001) wrote:

>Thank you for your kind words. However, writing software to do mass mailing is
>not a violation of any terms of service. How a person chooses to use that
>software is their choice.

How some people use software like yours is a problem! It seems that
these days the porn trade feels that culling email addresses from
usenet groups like this one is fair game where the users here are
adults. You don't think that's a problem? How about all the wasted
bandwidth and machine resources needed to pass around 99.99% junk. We
all end up paying for it with $$$$. I wonder what an ISP account
would cost if there was no junk email?

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