Scott... I'm in Ohio.
Adolph At 04:09 PM 4/26/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>I'm locked into a situation involving a spammer. >> >>Does anyone know any of the legal issues involved. >> >>Are there any laws on the books making it illegal? > >That depends on your location. In the U.S., there are several states with >laws against *certain* spam issues (IE forging return addresses). > >>What can I do as an ISP? Can I block their mail? Their website? Their >>entire Class C? >> >>Is there any law supporting this? > >That depends on many factors -- are they a customer of yours spamming (in >which case what does your TOS say?), or are they connecting without your >permission? > >>My attorney has a problem with the definition of "spam" as well (aside >>from the canned meat, of course). > >FWIW, the canned meat is "SPAM" (all caps), whereas unwanted E-mail is >"spam" (all lowercase). > >You may want to go to http://law.spamcon.org/ as a resource. I won't >comment on the spamcon.org association, but they should have good >information at that URL. > > -Scott >--- >Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for >IMail. http://www.declude.com > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] > > >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/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] 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/
