Dear David,

I'm not sure if your compliant is in jest, the last paragraph suggests it is.

If it's not, I aplogise if I have offended you.  I know how it feels to have an inbox full of spam.

My email was individually addressed to yourself, however the same general email content was sent to other Demand class members on a one-to-one basis.  While you might be classify it as spam, it is definitely not bulk (http://www.caube.org.au/whatis.htm).

Please accept my apologies once again, I do not plan on contacting you any time in the future.

Regards


Josh
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http://josh.id.au/

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:41:33AM -0800, David G Thompson wrote:
> Dear Josh,
> 
> 
> Let me start by making it very clear that I am less than
> thrilled with your recent unsolicited e-mail appended
> below.
> 
> I was under the deluded impression, on account of your
> Directorships of both CAUBE.AU and iCAUSE, that you were
> generally opposed to unsolicited bulk mail, that is SPAM. 
> 
> Spamhaus defines SPAM as follows:
> 
> An electronic message is "spam" IF: (1) the recipient's
> personal identity and context are irrelevant because the
> message is equally applicable to many other potential
> recipients; AND (2) the recipient has not verifiably
> granted deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable
> permission for it to be sent; AND (3) the transmission and
> reception of the message appears to the recipient to give a
> disproportionate benefit to the sender.
> 
> Your e-mail is without doubt unsolicited; whether it is
> bulk is maybe a moot point ... auDA doesn't have a huge
> number of members. Finally there is little doubt that you
> the sender are at least attempting to derive
> disproportionate benefit. 
> 
> In any event your e-mail has annoyed me no end and has
> dramatically reduced the chances of you being the
> beneficary of my vote. About its only saving grace was that
> it didn't come with an offer to pay for my auDA membership.
> 
> Finally, I have no interest in photos of equine/homosapien
> lovemaking, I am sleeping very well at night (thank you
> very much), my member does not need to be any longer
> (thanks so much for asking) and my attorney is currently
> way too busy to communicate with any business associates of
> yours that need to spirit large wads of greenbacks out of
> Nigeria
> 
> Yours in disgust
> 
> 
>  
> -DGT
> 
> 
> 
> --- Josh Rowe <josh&#167;email.nu 
> <http://us.f116.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=josh&#167;email.nu&YY=38802&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>> wrote:
> >Dear David,
> >
> >As you are probably aware I am re-standing for the auDA
> >board at it's
> >AGM in two weeks time
> >(http://www.auda.org.au/about/agm2003-notice.html)
> >and I would appreciate your vote.
> >
> >My candidate statement is below:
> >
> >"Josh Rowe has over 10 years experience with the
> >Internet. Josh is
> >currently a demand class board member and would like to
> >be re-elected
> >for another term. Josh is a staunch consumer advocate
> >within the
> >Australian domain name industry especially in regards to
> >exposing
> >unscrupulous operators. Josh maintains the .au registrar
> >price
> >comparison web site www.whatsinaname.com.au . Josh is
> >also a director of
> >Australian, Asia-Pacific and International anti-spam
> >lobby groups. More
> >information about Josh Rowe is available on his web site:
> >www.josh.id.au
> >."
> >
> >Please feel free to ask any questions relating to my
> >candidacy by return
> >email.
> >
> >If you cannot attend the meeting but still wish to vote,
> >a Proxy Form
> >(http://www.auda.org.au/about/agm2003-notice.html) with
> >instructions is
> >available.  If you wish to nominate me as your proxy, my
> >details are as
> >follows:
> >
> >Joshua Rowe of 17 Phillips St, Coburg VIC 3058
> >
> >Proxy forms must be received by 5pm AEDT, Monday 24
> >November 2003.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >
> >Josh
> >--
> >http://josh.id.au/
> 

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