Colleagues: I am sending out a copy of a message I have just sent to RNWAY laboratories of South Korea and all 20 worldwide distributors of RNWAY products most of whom are highly reputable companies. I am only sending it to you because I am going to propose to create a small "SCIENTISTS against EMAIL ABUSE" type of revolutionary action......... I won't send you more copies of what I am going to send out, but I will post them in a prominent place on our website so that you can follow and participate in the action. I am truly sick and tired of receiving literally dozens of unsolicited crap messages each day. However, receiving them from supposedly reputable companies drives me really crazy. These, I can do something about and I am. The rest are virtually beyoned any reasonable solution. As you can see, I have started with RNWAY, a company that I have requested a dozen times to remove me from their abusive lists. This week they sent me an attachment to boot....- something they do constantly. This made me really mad. Perhaps it was the beef I ate in the UK this week, but I got really mad when RNWAY filled my box yet again.....and I am going to set up a place where people can register copies of messages they send recording their requests for removal. This record will become a documentation place you can copy your messages to for any future legal actions. We will code the email address of the requestor so you don't get further abuse, but we will publish the list of companies that continue to abuse us. If you have suggestions, please let me know. Sincerely "Mad Cow" Paul Robinson Purdue University --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the email that I sent to RNWAYs 20 worldwide distributors --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message if you are associated with RNWAY products. We have continually requested removal from RNWAYS abusive and constant emails. It is against Federal law in the United States to continue to send unsolicited emails after requests to discontinue are made. RNWAY posts a privacy policy that they make no attempt to enforce. Our requests have been documented by the university on numerous occasions. RNWAY is now liable in the United States for severe penalties under US law. As a distributor of this company you may also incur loss of trade, or reputation for the actions we are going to take. As scientists who buy your products, we are going to exert our own economic power. We will be letting members of our various associated networks that RNWAY will be listed as an EMAIL SPAM ABUSER. We will be recommending that all of our users do not purchase any of their products if they continue to abuse our email accounts. As a scientist who uses the INTERNET as a crucial component of my communication with others, I am sick of abuse of my email and I have decided that I am going to do something about it, one company at a time. This message has been copied to the 20 companies that distribute RNWAY products around the world. This is the first of a series of actions. It will also be copied to 3000 scientists who may have an interest in stopping this type of abuse. It will also be posted ona public site that had last year over 5 million access. If you as a distributor want to make a profit on selling (scientists) products, I suggest you ensure that the comanies you deal with don't abuse us. If they do, we won't buy their products and you will lose money. Do you hear us? Yours sincerely J.Paul Robinson, Professor, Purdue University ------------------------------------------------ J.Paul Robinson, PhD PH:(765)4940757 Professor of Immunopharmacology Professor of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University FAX:(765)4940517 EMAIL:jpr@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu WEB: http://www.cyto.purdue.edu
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