On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 03:16:30PM -0800, Chuq Von Rospach wrote: > On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > > >It *is* illegal in 27 states and a number of countries, so far. > > arguable, unless both sides involved live in that jurisdiction. > State-based spam legislation hurts the cause, it doesn't help it.
Hey, I didn't say I was in *favor* of this: I'm on the record, thus far, as being opposed to anti-spam legislation. (Why? Because (a) I think the Internet community can deal/is dealing with this problem and (b) any such legislation will be poisoned by pro-spam lobbyists like the DMA.) I'm just pointing out that the statutes are on the books. --- Rsk [Please *do not* CC me on replies to messages on this mailing list. Thanks.]
