IP: Man has a point!!!!! Let you decide where the truth is -- AOL and Harvard

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> 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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