On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 11:03:42 -0700 Jeff Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is anyone else getting these spam-generating "spam blockers" from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get one for every message I send to the list. > > Your mail has been rejected for the following reason(s): > > Fake IP address found > The mail message sent contained an illegally formed IP address. I haven't seen any of these, but I haven't sent much to the list lately. I ran the headers through SpamCop and they found your IP address just fine. > From: http://www.ca-probate.com/faxlaw.htm > Under United States law, it is unlawful "to use any telephone facsimile > machine, computer, or other device to send an unsolicited advertisement" > to any "equipment which has the capacity (A) to transcribe text or > images (or both) from an electronic signal received over a regular > telephone line onto paper." The law allows individuals to sue the sender > of such illegal "junk mail" for $500 per copy. Most states will permit > such actions to be filed in Small Claims Court. > NAGS Email Filter v3.B2 > A service of Netizens Against Gratuitous Spamming > http://www.nags.org/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sounds rather cartoony. As far as I know, no one has been sucessful using that statute against a spammer. -- Mac :}) Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
