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IP: Man has a point!!!!! Let you decide where the truth is -- AOL and Harvard
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:47:31 -0500
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 13:11:40 -0500 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu> Dave,There was an amusing item in the "joke a day" mailing list that pointed out something deeply disturbing about this incident.It is not particularly disturbing (or particularly surprising) that AOL is unable to stop the on-going, massive abuse of their system by spammers, but somehow manages to stop email from Harvard about admissions.No, what is really disturbing is that future Harvard students -- potentially leaders in politics and industry in future years -- use AOL for their primary email address.Be afraid, be very afraid. :-)
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