Re: AOL caves in to spammers

[Rich Fulton <rich () nullroute net>]

not quite..

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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Roy wrote:

> AOL restores Harris Interactive access
>
>        Harris Interactive (HPOL: news, msgs) said Tuesday it has dropped
> federal charges against America Online (AOL: news, msgs). In a
>        lawsuit brought two weeks ago, Harris accused AOL and other Internet
> service providers of harming its business by blocking Harris'
>        e-mails to registered participants of its opinion surveys. The block
> was instituted after an e-mail monitoring service, Mail Abuse
>        Prevention System, identified Harris as a voluminous sender of
> unsolicited, commercial e-mail. AOL restored Harris Interactive's
>        communication capabilities with its respondents who have AOL
> addresses. Litigation against remaining defendants in the case will
>        continue, Harris said.





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