Re: FN-FORUM A Ridiculous Reaction.....

date posted 28th January 2001 12:29

No sympathy.

How can you possibly do business in this area without being aware of the
loathing that everyone has for spam?

You advertise on inappropriate groups, you become a spammer and suffer the
consequences.

In article [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] (Darren Spink) wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> Well, I am glad it is the end of the week, but I wish it had ended
> slightly
> better.
>
> In an effort to increase business, I posted 1 message once to 5 news
> groups
> (3 yorkshire based and 2 national) regarding my skills and services.
>
> You would not believe the reaction. My Site host has been contacted
> and has
> been asked to remove my site, my ISP (BT Openworld) has been asked to
> cancel
> my ADSL account, the "Moderator" (Obviously a trainee hitler) has also
> contacted the police and and the trading standards dept.
>
> All this for saying that I can design web sites and write
> software......What
> a wonderful end to the week.
>
> Has anyone else had any similar experiences from these kind of
> people/news-groups ??
>
>
> Completely shocked.....Darren
>
> There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
> Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
>