‘Spamming’ Is Going To Get A Lot Easier

Fri., Feb. 21, 1997

Associated Press

It’s about to get much easier for advertisers to send junk e-mail on the Internet.

Cyber Promotions Inc. will launch the first bulk e-mail friendly Internet provider in the nation on March 17. It will allow computer users to send millions of commercial ads - also known as spam - for a single monthly fee.

Nearly all Internet providers now prohibit customers from sending unsolicited bulk e-mail and will cancel a person’s account if they are caught.

“What people are doing is jumping around from one (Internet provider) to another, and they don’t have a secure home. We’re going to give them a home,” said Cyber Promotion founder Sanford Wallace.

His new bulk e-mail friendly network begins with local dial-up numbers in the Philadelphia area and 800 numbers for use around the country. Customers will pay about $50 a month to send unlimited amounts of mass unsolicited commercial e-mail.

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