[lug] hooray, anti spam

[Chip Atkinson]

Also consider that this law only applies to the US.  Korea can still be 
a major source of spam and there's nothing we can do about it short of 
cutting us off from the rest of the world.

Chip

Deva Samartha wrote:

> Don't be too happy - looks like it's going to be a lame thing where you 
> have to "opt-out" i. e. they have a right to send you spam when you are 
> given the option to select to not receiving additional email.
> 
> Doing it that way identifies you that the email address works and then 
> it's sellable and another "entity" can again send you another piece of 
> junk where you again have the possibility to "opt out".
> 
> Same with the Colorado lame junk fax law. They can send you junk as long 
> as you get a phone number to call, where you can "opt-out".
> 
> Opting out is not an option for me. There is a company which was sending 
> me UCE with the option to "opt out". The web site they pointed to had no 
> place to do the opting-out thing. I emailed them about it - no answer, 
> they kept sending.. I have no desire to play this kind of game.
> 
> The only sensible option (in my opinion) is to have "opt-in" but if the
> gutless corrupt politician gang is getting it together is questionable.
> Maybe the spam industry is weak in lobbying and can't bribe enough, then 
> there is hope.
> 
> Until then, for me the solution is to have one-time identifyable email 
> addresses for  every entity I exchange email and if it creates spam, I 
> either change it or junk it.
> 
> If you don't have your own mail server, spammotel.com or sneakemail does 
> the trick.
> 
> 
> Samartha
> 
> At 04:00 PM 5/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> 
>> I just saw this, which is out of date already, and I don't know what has
>> happened in between time, but anti-spam lovers may like to see this:
>> http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/30/anti.spam.bill.idg/index.html
>> 
>> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> 
> 
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