Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 1994 03:04:06 -1000
From:	uspehmev@ibmmail.COM
Message-Id: <CrE1nI.8MJ@das.harvard.edu>
Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Subject: RE:AKA QUALIFYING/RANKING

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Andrew Beattie writes:

>Hmmm...

>"Kick you off the network"?

>The internet is a big place.  Different rules apply in different
>places. IBM would appear to be very strictly controlled in
>comparison to the rest. Frank has little to fear of being kicked
>off.  The only things that tend to lead to discipline universally
>are bandwidth abuses such as spamming (MAKE MONEY FAST, green card,
>Skinny dip and all that).

>"against network rules"?

>No such rule in any place I've been.  On the contrary, it is
>considered very bad manners to quote private Email (Err... like
>you've just done...) I understand the Email constraint that you must
>work under, but take care -you might easily upset people.  (Just
>think how you'd feel if you found a video of your private
>conversation broadcast on telly - even if it was an innocent chat,
>it's would be a bit of a shock to see it unexpectedly on the news.)

>I'm not flaming - just explaining.

Maybe it is the just the IBM Mail Exchange to Internet Gateway that
stated specifically:

To anyone irrespective of "type"

                 No pornographic or other prohibited materials
                 No "blanket junk E-mail"
                 No viruses, etc.

Those are the rules I received when I was connected to the INTERNET
and I naturally assumed everyone else received the same rules. I
could print Frank's whole letter but it would be in extremely bad
taste and as you stated, it was mean't as a private posting. I  think
most people would agree it violated the pornographic rule above. It
wasn't flaming...it was obscene.


                      You're a sick man Frank,

                      Mark Virgilio (uspehmev@ibmmail.com)


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