UPDATE: Internet "whitepages" database of addresses

[Stanton McCandlish <mech@eff.org>]

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Date:      Wed, 03 Nov 1993 09:56:28 pst
From: "JS McBride & Co. PostMaster" <jim_mcbride@netmail.com>
Subject:   InterNet Mailing List

Here is the CORRECT info on the InterNet Mailing List.

Addresses are extracted from news feeds, list servers, and other sources. NO
personal information is collected. The following is the ONLY information we
collect.

    1. Electronic mail address
    2. User name
    3. Search keywords
    4. Date info was collected

The search keywords are limited to products.

Example: xwindows,unix,dos,ms-windows,emacs

To have your name removed from the list, send a message to DELETE@NETMAIL.COM
Please place ANY addresses that you wanted removed from the list in the body
of the message.

To get more info on how and why we are building the list, send a message to
LISTINFO@NETMAIL.COM .   [Just see next message.  PGN]

Comments should be sent to TMANNING@NETMAIL.COM

Thank You, James McBride, NetMail, 415-949-4295


Date:     Wed, 03 Nov 1993 22:11:07
From: "JS McBride & Co. PostMaster" <jim_mcbride@netmail.com>
Subject: Auto Reply [What you get from LISTINFO.  PGN]

Thank you for your mail to Jim McBride at JS McBride & Company. Due to the
volume of mail be handled by this account, this is an automatic reply.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!

1. JS McBride is NOT collecting demographic information on email addresses.
   Due to the controversy surrounding this practice, we have discarded
   the product demographics we collected. We are however still collecting
   email addresses and user names.

2. The information collected (name and email address) will be offered in
   a printed white pages directory and in a white pages server on the net.

3. You DO NOT need to ask to have your name removed. BEFORE your name is
   used in the directory, you will receive mail asking for your permission.
   If you reply to the inquiry, your information will be used. If you do

   not reply, your name will NOT be used.

4. Comments regarding the white pages should be sent to Tom Manning at
   JS McBride & Company. <tmanning@netmail.com>

5. Mail to Jim McBride should be sent to <jimm@netmail.com>

6. Information regarding the purchase of the white pages directory should
   be sent to <listinfo@netmail.com> or telephone us at 415-949-4295

   Thank you for your time,
   Jim McBride

Thanks to all of you (too many to note) who forwarded this to RISKS.  PGN]

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