> > So ... never, ever post one's email, "Online" ... > Does this include to an industry mailinglist, I wonder ... if membership > is unvetted? >
Obviously this is only relevant to my jurisdiction (New Zealand) but when we created the Unsolicited Electronic Messaging Act we created different definitions of 'consent'. Express, Inferred and Deemed are the three terms used. Express is explicit (confirmed opt-in). Inferred means leveraging an existing, relevant relationship (vendor-customer stuff, for example). https://www.dia.govt.nz/Spam-Three-Steps#de From the above url: "Deemed consent is when someone conspicuously publishes their electronic address (e.g. on a website, brochure or magazine) in a business or official capacity." This covers the politician and their constituents scenario. "However, if a publication includes a statement that the person does not want to receive unsolicited commercial electronic messages at that address, consent cannot be deemed. The message must also be relevant to the business, role, functions, or duties of the person in a business or official capacity." I don't think posting to a public mailing list would provide any of the above. Nor do I expect offshore spammers to comply with NZ Law. But quite a bit of thought was put into these definitions and I think they play nice. Leverage them if it suits. Cheers, Mark. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
