Rick, I'll be stuck with it soon myself. I'm transferring to our Santa Clara headquarters next week.
I hope no-one beats me up for taking a job from an American... Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2007 1:09 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: [META] Is WaveMind spamming entire IBM-MAIN > readership? > > ------------------------<snip>--------------------------- > As is my want, I always respond with a terse opinion of spam when it > appears to be a "real email address." His response is that some wacko > bill in the US defines it as non-spam because it has unsubscribe tagged > to the bottom. > > Seeing as I am in Hong Kong, he needs to check the section of this > country's legislation that discusses address harvesting and sending more > than 100 emails in 24 hours. > Spam is spam is spam. > --------------------------------<unsnip>---------------------------- > Ron, I tend to share that opinion. Junk mail is still junk, even with > that "unsubscribe" crap. That last little tag just verifies that the > address is good and a valid target for more crap. I always tell folks > that the "unsubscribe" tag will cause more spam, not less; just ignore > it. Here in the US, we're stuck with a "know nothing, spend everything" > Congress. If "ignorance is bliss", those people should be in seventh > heaven! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
