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diff --git a/libc/msdos/xxx/mail-to-lasu.html b/libc/msdos/xxx/mail-to-lasu.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2babe2d --- /dev/null +++ b/libc/msdos/xxx/mail-to-lasu.html @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +<!-- X-URL: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~wirzeniu/mail-to-lasu.html --> +<BASE HREF="http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~wirzeniu/mail-to-lasu.html"> + +<html> <head> <title>Sending mail to Lasu</title> </head> <body> + +<h1>Sending mail to Lasu</h1> + +<p>I get mail from a lot of people I don't know. Some of this mail is +welcome, some is not. Unwelcome mail annoys me, because I pay for my +Internet connection, and I don't want to pay for something I don't want. +Even if I didn't pay, unwanted mail still wastes my time, which alone +is bad enough. + +<p> +This page explains my mail preferences. I'm grateful if you read it +before sending me mail. + +<p><strong>I don't want to receive</strong>: + +<ul> +<li> Advertisments I did not ask for. Making me pay for your ads is + rude, and possibly illegal. I react strongly to ads. +<li> Chain letters. Most of them are illegal. All of them are a waste + of network resources. I react strongly to chain letters. +<li> Mailing lists I did not subscribe to, whether they are for ads or + not. I react strongly to this. +<li> Questions about Linux from strangers. I'm somewhat well + known in the Linux community, and I often get questions related + to Linux. I don't have the time to answer a lot of questions, and + much of the time I don't even know the answer. If you send one + to me, I will probably just ignore it. (This point only applies + to general questions; I'm happy to discuss my own activities.) +<li> Questions on other things you think I might know, especially including + Procmail, unless you have reason to believe I'm the only person + (or one of a small group) able to answer the question. +<li> Anything that is big (more than about 50 kB), in one or more pieces. + If you want me to have a big file, ask me first. +<li> Privately mailed copies of public responses to my messages on mailing + lists or in newsgroups. Don't make me pay + for downloading duplicate copies of the same message or wasting + my time reading the same message twice. +</ul> + +<p><strong>I welcome</strong>: + +<ul> +<li> Anything from friends, relatives, and other people I personally know. +<li> Anything I've specifically asked for, including ads or big files. +<li> Anything concerning something I've written (programs, documents, + articles, letters, etc), as long as it related to that. Replying + to my article with an unrelated ad invites hostility on my part. +<li> Anything related to comp.os.linux.announce, which I moderate. +<li> Anything related to the Linux Software Map, which I maintain. +<li> Anything concerning one of my other volunteer activities, such + as creating new groups in the sfnet hierarchy, or about one of the + associations or organizations I'm active in. +<li> Mailing lists I've subscribed to. +</ul> + +<p>If you aren't sure if I'm interested, send me one line and ask me. +Neither of the above lists are exhaustive, and I'm sure there will be +exceptions. + +<p>I used to have a mail filter that was quite aggressive and +deleted all mail from unknown people. I've since softened +it quite a bit: now, the filter deletes nothing, but puts +mail from unknown people in a separate folder, which I check +when I feel like it (not necessarily very often). The filter +also sends back a note that tells what happened. (Read the <a +href="mailfilter.html">description of the filter</a>, if you're +curious about it.) + + +<p>I don't engage in e-mail bombs (sending many large or mails to the same +address) or other forms of Internet terrorism. I don't even suggest +other do. On the contrary, I react with hostility to people who suggest +such things. Most of them are just ignorant, but that is not an excuse. +Network abuse is network abuse, regardless of why you do it. If you send +a mail bomb, you deserve to get thrown out of the net. Period. + +<h2>Privacy</h2> + +<p>I like to keep my private stuff private. If you can, please do PGP encrypt +your mail to me (you can download my PGP public key +<a href="lars-public-key.asc">directly</a> or from the +<a href="http://www.pgp.net/pgpnet/">key servers</a>). + +<p>Please also PGP sign your letters, because Netscape made +forging the sender trivial and popular. + +<h2>The address</h2> + +<p>My personal e-mail address is liw@iki.fi. Other addresses may or may +not work. MIME is OK. My home page is at +<a href="http://www.iki.fi/liw/">http://www.iki.fi/liw/</a>. + +<p>Articles meant for comp.os.linux.announce should be sent +to linux-announce@news.ornl.gov, not to my personal address. +The address must be in the To: or Cc: header. I reserve the +right to ignore any articles sent via mailing lists or with Bcc:. News +programs can usually send it to the correct address. See also <a +href="http://www.iki.fi/liw/linux/cola.html">the comp.os.linux.announce +home page</a>. + +<p>(22 September 1997, Lars Wirzenius) </body> </html> |