[30531] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: spammers will move offshore?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Thu Aug 10 16:23:00 2000
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:20:44 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@mail-abuse.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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On 08/10/00, Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com> wrote:
> I find it impossible to get off some folks' junk (paper) mail lists.
> Calling, writing, emailing, telling them I'll never buy their products
> or services is no deterrent. Example: Learning Tree (provide
> computer-related training) has been sending me junk mail for 16 years.
> I've asked for it to stop, but it's cheaper for them to just send stuff
> than it is to prune their list when requested.
There are already laws which cover paper mail and telephone
solicitation. The best resource for info on that appears to
be http://www.junkbusters.com/ .
And, to answer a question earlier in this thread: yes, there
have been heavy fines levied against advertisers who do not
follow those laws. Same with junk faxes.
http://www.cauce.org/ and http://www.suespammers.org/ can tell
you of the work being done on US legislation for spam. But,
let's not open the debate on whether that's a good idea or
not here again, okay? Or if you do, please read the bills
in question first.
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J.D. Falk "Laughter is the sound
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