To Whom It May Concern, To address the concern that your subscribers have expressed: *** FTPPro does NOT ‘glean’ Passwords. *** It should be noted that the person who originally posted the complaint against our program is an active user of ‘warez’ sites. Another ISP has informed us that they have also received numerous complaints about this user from other companies, who have also received hundreds of invalid registrations which have been submitted by this user. This user’s actions have caused damage to our business, as records for our authorized users have been overwritten. We are currently preparing legal action against this user, and several other persons who have also participated in the illegal distribution of ‘warez’ copies of our product. ------------------------------------------- It is impossible to run FTPPro without first accepting the terms of our User Agreement, which indicates that we will send an email message to the Server which is accessed by any unauthorized user, to inform them of this abuse. This obviously does NOT require a password. By first accepting the FTPPro User Agreement, and then using an unauthorized copy, the abuser is fully aware that their identity will be revealed, along with their falsified credit card information. Therefore, our email message to inform this user’s ISP of their abuse could not possibly be interpreted as a violation of their privacy. ------------------------------------------- During the past week, we have received numerous profane and threatening messages from your subscribers. Those messages have included ridiculous statements such as the following: “the US has no meaning whatsoever in 99% of the world.” “you er n idyut” Your subscribers who use ‘warez’ copies of software should have a LOT more to be worried about, than just getting busted for their unauthorized use. Many damaging viruses have been spread by these illegal ‘warez’ programs. ------------------------------------------- I am sure that your newsgroup/mailing list provides valuable services to your subscribers. However, the rude and threatening email that we have received during the past week is not of any use to us. Therefore: IMPORTANT: Please immediately remove FTPPro from your Newsgroup/Mailing List distribution. We do not wish to receive any more email messages from your subscribers. Thank you, Sabine Schmidt Sabine Consulting
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