In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 9:22 AM -0400 4/21/99, Tom Neff wrote:
>> IMRSS open-relay notification is NOT spam because it is an Internet public
>> safety function.
>
>Watch out, this is a slippery slope. If I decide it's a public safety
>function to start warning internet users that Jesus is coming and to
>repent before he arrives, then by your definition, what I'm doing
>isn't spam (after all, what is a few open relays compared to saving
>all of your souls?)
It causes me some considerable discomfort to say this, but for once, at
least, it appears that Chuq and I are actually in agreement on something.
Over time, I have gotten plenty of responses from various spammers saying
something like ``No, but OUR message wasn't spam, because {... bogus excuse
# 75201 ...}''
Hell! It's gotten to the point now where they put these bogus disclaimers
IN THE SPAM... ``This message isn't spam because we aren't trying to sell
you anything.'' (Instead, they are trying to get you to visit their web
site where they will either (a) try to sell you something or else (b) earn
some money just on the basis of having attracted your eyeballs.)
It is indeed a slipery slope. If IMRSS can do it, then the International
Red Cross can do it. And if they can do it, then the ``Make a Wish
Foundation'' can do it on behalf of dying children. And if they can do
it, then United Way can do it, and THEN there will be no end to it.
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