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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: Worst Marketing Strategies
To: cbt@mcia.com
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 18:22:05 -0800 (PST)
Cc: webmaster@owlsnest.com, hackers
In-Reply-To: <32EFCEFD.2849@mcia.com> from "CBTravenss" at Jan 29, 97 02:28:13 pm
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	The FreeBSD Project Inc. is in no way affliated with
	owlsnet.com.

	it seems that owlsnet.com uses FreeBSD to run their
	website www.owlsnet.com.

	The FreeBSD Project Inc, is not responsible for the actions
	of others that use FreeBSD, just as Scott Paper Company
	is not responsible for the actions of juveniles that
	use Scott Paper Company products to "paper" someone else's
	property.

jmb
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CBTravenss wrote:
> 
> Receiving unsolicited email from owlsnest.com was annoying enough but
> stating that by replying and returning a copy of your email, I am
> therein giving owlsnet.com personnel authorization
> to do something and then bill me is totally outrageous. I'm contributing
> to an article on Internet marketing techniques and will use your
> technique as an example of the worst of them.
> 
> Your affiliation with the FreeBSD organization (your one-page Web
> presence:
> www.owlsnest.com
> offers only one link and the link is to the FreeBSD site), prompts me to
> send copies of this message to them so that they can rethink their
> affiliation with you, or if your organization and theirs is one and the
> same, the marketing strategy you have devised can be more thoughtfully
> planned.
> 
> CBT
>