Michael,
    Thanks for your warning about Topica.  I do not lay any blame at you feet for this abuse by Topica.  Here is the text of my message to Topica.
 
Sincerely,
Steve Bell   
 
 
I wish to strongly protest Tropica's plan to use my e-mail address to send me unrequested announcements and commercial marketing. This is Spamming, pure and simple. You should know better.
 
Although I can not stop you from "stealing" my address for unauthorized uses, I can see to it that any commercial spam that I receive via your help will get the following message:
 
THIS MESSAGE IS AN UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.  IT WAS USED, WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION OR APPROVAL BY TOPICA.COM    BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ACCEPT THIS ADDRESS FROM TOPICA, I WILL NOT ONLY NEVER USE YOUR SERVICES, I WILL ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERY ONE I HAVE E-COMMERCE WITH TO ACTIVELY BOYCOTT YOUR SERVICES.  PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT WEB-SITES, LIKE TOPICA, THAT PARTICIPATE IN SPAMMING.
 
E-MAIL SPAM IS AN EVER EXPANDING PROBLEM ON THE NET. MOST EVERYBODY IS TIRED OF IT.  I BELIEVE MOST NET USERS WILL ACTIVELY SUPPORT ANY AND ALL ACTIONS TO DISCOURAGE THE SUCCESS OF ANY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT KNOWINGLY USES SPAMMING TECHNIQUES. 
 
PLEASE REMOVE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS FROM YOUR DATA BASE. DO NOT SELL, GIVE AWAY OR IN ANY OTHER WAY SHARE MY ADDRESS WITH ANY OTHER PARTIES.
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