> > > Is there any legislation on junk faxes? > >Yes, there is. Notice how you don't receive junk faxes like you do junk > >email or telemarketing calls. I don't have it close by but I can look up > >the statute if you'd like. We get 20-30 telemarketing calls and who knows > >how much junk mail and junk email per week but only about 1 junk fax. > > IIRC, spamming to fax machines is against federal law. I think the > reasoning was the spammer, crossing state lines with phone calls, was > consuming the victim's electrical energy, (expensive thermal) fax paper, > and inducing wear-and-tear on the machine. The spam target was clearly a > victim. By some miracle, common sense prevailed. >
You're exactly right. The reasoning behing the federal law against junk faxing (that has withstood court challenges for over 10 years now) is the exact same argument against spam. David Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
