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Re: FREE REGISTERED VERSION OF WINZIP98!!!

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From: Ismail Slipgate Saeed
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:00
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Jeremy Cook wrote:
> 
> This butthead gets 5 cents for each time you click the banner.  In his last
> pathetic posting, he begged people to go to his site and click the banner
> over and over, so he could raise money by ripping off WinZip through phony
> ad hits.  Now he wants you to think that he's interested in promoting
> WinZip, but doesn't reveal his financial interest.
> 
> Boycott this low-life spammer.
> 
> Attn Geocities.Com:  Please take appropriate action against this individual.
> Please note the number of off-topic newsgroups to which he is posting.
> Thanks for helping us keep this kind of crap off of Usenet.

It would seem they heard you... going to his URL reveals Geocities file
not found message, which means they eliminated his webspace with them.

Apologies for this crosspost.

Slipgate
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From: Ismail 'Slipgate' Saeed <slip...@planetquake.com>
Subject: Re: FREE REGISTERED VERSION OF WINZIP98!!!
Date: 1998/08/30
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