[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Jackie,
It probably depends on many factors, one of which is the profile a
subscriber fills out when signing up. Ed clued me in about juno. If you
fill out the questionnaire as if you are interested in nothing and
planning to buy nothing, you get a lot fewer ads. Perhaps the spammers
use the same system.
I haven't got a single spam e-mail on AOL.
Bill
On Wed, 01 Apr 1998 06:41:07 -0600 Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>Hi Bill
>
>I don't receive spam mail on this server like I did in Fargo-Moorhead.
> Maybe
>it is the size of the town in my case--spammers would go broke in
>Spamtown,
>USA.
>
>jackief
>
>William J. Foristal wrote:
>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
>>
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> Are these unsolicited e-mail you're referring to? Or those stupid
>ads
>> that pop up and you have to click "No Thanks" to continue the sign
>on
>> process? I get those ads all the time, but no spam e-mail at all.
>I get
>> a few spam e-mail on juno, but not many.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:19:12 -0800 "Ronald Helm"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>> >"Ronald Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >Hopefully more states will follow this route. I tlooks like I
>could
>> >get
>> >rich quickly just reporting the Spam that arrives in my AOL account
>> >daily.
>> >Ron
>> >
>> >
>> >Locke signs `spam' bill; it's first such law in nation
>> >by Peter Lewis
>> >
>> >Seattle Times staff reporter
>> >
>> >Gov. Gary Locke yesterday signed into law a bill aimed at curbing
>> >unsolicited commercial bulk e-mail, popularly known as spam.
>> >As a result, Washington becomes the first state in the nation to
>have
>> >passed
>> >legislation that will curb, if not eliminate, what many e-mail
>users
>> >consider to be an annoyance or worse, according to California
>lawyer
>> >David
>> >Kramer.
>> >A recognized expert on Internet e-mail and legislative efforts to
>> >control
>> >it, Kramer has testified before a state House committee in favor of
>a
>> >tougher version of Washington's anti-spam bill. He also has
>> >collaborated on
>> >bills proposed in Congress and in four other states.
>> >The new law, which will take effect in 90 days, makes it a
>violation
>> >for
>> >spammers to send e-mail messages that hide their point of origin,
>mask
>> >the
>> >transmission path, or contain misleading information in the
>message's
>> >subject line.
>> >Spam, named after the often-derided Hormel meat product, usually
>> >contain
>> >such false information in their "headers," or address fields, and
>> >promote
>> >get-rich-quick schemes, miracle health cures or explicit
>pornographic
>> >material.
>> >The new law bans both sending e-mail with such deceptive header
>> >information
>> >from computers located in Washington, and sending such e-mail to an
>> >electronic mail address that the sender knows, or has reason to
>know,
>> >is
>> >held by a Washington resident.
>> >It puts the burden on the sender to find out whether the intended
>> >recipient
>> >lives in Washington.
>> >Individuals who receive such e-mail could collect up to $500 per
>> >violation;
>> >Internet service providers, the companies that provide computer
>users
>> >access
>> >to the Internet, could receive up to $1,000.
>> >Assistant State Attorney General Paula Selis yesterday said the
>state
>> >will
>> >aggressively enforce the new law, but she declined to elaborate,
>> >saying her
>> >office generally doesn't like to disclose its enforcement
>strategies.
>> >She
>> >called the new law "better than nothing."
>> >With the support of the Washington Association of Internet Service
>> >Providers
>> >(WAISP), Selis had drafted a more vigorous law that would have
>flatly
>> >banned
>> >sending spam - unless there was an existing relationship between
>the
>> >sender
>> >and the recipient, or the recipient had requested or consented to
>> >receive
>> >it.
>> >But powerful interests, including the Direct Marketing Association
>and
>> >Microsoft, testified against that v
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>> >Microsoft lobbyist Deborah Brunton said her company is "very
>concerned
>> >about
>> >unsolicited junk e-mail, but we also are a company that used
>> >legitimate
>> >e-mail practices to reach out to our customers." She said Microsoft
>> >was
>> >concerned that the bill's original language was ambiguous, and
>might
>> >have
>> >prohibited the company from developing new markets.
>> >Meanwhile, in his column posted on the Microsoft Web site
>yesterday,
>> >Chairman Bill Gates skewered spam, writing in part:
>> >"Wasting somebody else's time strikes me as the height of rudeness.
>We
>> >have
>> >only so many hours, and none to waste. That's what makes electronic
>> >junk
>> >mail and e-mail hoaxes so maddening."
>> >The new law also calls for creation of a three-member task force,
>> >consisting
>> >of two members of the House Energy and Utilities Committee and a
>> >person
>> >appointed by Locke, to identify technical, legal and cost issues
>> >related to
>> >spam, and to evaluate whether existing laws are sufficient to cope
>> >with it.
>> >It sets a Nov. 15 d
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>> eadline for completion of the report.
>> >Meantime, WAISP executive director Gary Gardner said local Internet
>> >providers would review the new law when they gather April 17 at
>Bell
>> >Harbor
>> >Conference Center on the Seattle waterfront.
>> >
>> >Women have their faults. Men have only two.
>> >Everything they say. Everything they do.
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