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Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

Here (below) is what I just received from Hotmail.Com after forwarding the
offensive message (with its full header) to abuse@hotmail.com Please note
their references to anti-spam sites.

Peter Milbury, Co-owner of LM_NET          pmilbury@ericir.syr.edu
Now With 9,000+ Members        See: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:39:26 -0700
From: policy@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: STOP SPAMMING ME!!!  Tonya Harding Wedding Night Sex Video
Available! (fwd)

We have closed the account referenced in your mail.
Hotmail offers a unique service, providing individuals who might not have
access to a computer messaging service the ability to send and receive
e-mail messages without charge from anywhere in the world. Unfortunately,
as is the case with most public services, there will be individuals who
abuse their privileges by using the service in an improper manner.
 Hotmail does not in any way condone or support the sending of junk mail
(aka spam) messages through our system. The Hotmail TOS strictly forbids
this and we terminate all accounts that we are made aware that are in
violation of the TOS.
We appreciate your mail alerting us to the spammer using our system. Our
ANTI-SPAM policy can be viewed at  http://www.hotmail.com/nospam.html

Visit the following  ANTI-SPAM related Web sites for more information on
how to combat SPAM and what you can do about it.
"Help stop Scam Spammers!"
http://www.junkemail.org/scamspam/
Maintainer of the SPAM-L FAQ
http://www.ot.com/~dmuth/spam-l
Complaint Addresses (GoodGuys|Unresponsive|Foe)
http://www-fofa.concordia.ca/spam/complaints.shtml
"If you want to improve your spam-fighting skills, check out"
http://abuse.net/spam-l.
Anchor Desk "Special Spam Fighting Edition"
http://www4.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_index_19970819.html
How to Get Rid of Junk Mail, and Telemarketers
http://www.csn.net/~felbel/jnkmail.html

Best Regards,

>Hotmail Policy Enforcement
>abuse@hotmail.com (408) 222-7011
>Forward full message and header of email in question

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