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FC: Bradley campaign rents email lists to Congressional candidates?
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:18:19 -0500
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:47:49 -0400 From: [longtime politech reader] To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Subject: Regarding Bill Bradley use of email addresses Funny you should mention this. Here's a note I recently sent to a VA candidate. I've had no response. Please anonymize the note if you send it to Politech. I have the candidate's original note, if that interests you. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Democratic Candidate Needs Your Help to Keep the Bill Bradley campaign going at the Congressional level in Northern Virginia Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 17:41:19 -0400 From: [snip] To: campaign () tombellanca com References: <IHEPLGMKPCNLCCJKOLJPIEJBCCAA.campaign () tombellanca com> > BELLANCA FOR CONGRESS 2000 wrote: > > BELLANCA FOR CONGRESS 2000 > P.O. Box 2184 > Reston, VA 20191 > > April 2, 2000 > > Dear Bill Bradley Supporters: Dear candidate: You really, really, really don't want to send people gigantic attachments such as the one you just sent me. Whatever the merits of your appeal, you've annoyed me by wasting my time and bandwidth on your attachment, when a plain text email would have been just fine. Even worse, your note is spam -- since I never contacted you nor did I authorize the Bradley campaign to share my email address with anyone else for any other use. I'm considering complaining to the Bradley campaign, the VA and national Democratic parties, and Federal election authorities about this violation of my privacy. My reaction would have been entirely different had the Bradley campaign written to me and suggested I contact you or visit your Web site for information. Can you see the difference in that approach?
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