A bizarre new Texas law makes most spam filtering illegal, effective Dec 2:
“An electronic mail service provider may not intentionally impede the transmission of another person’s electronic mail message based on the content of the message” unless: * it “provides a process for the prompt, good faith resolution of a dispute related to the blocking with the sender of the commercial electronic mail message” or * “the provider has a good faith, reasonable belief that the message contains malicious computer code, obscene material, material depicting sexual conduct, or material that violates other law” Senders who are blocked can sue for $10/msg up to $25K/day. If I had any users in Texas, I would turn off all the spam filtering. Why take the risk? If you think this is mind-bogglingly stupid and nobody in their right mind would pass such a law, you are correct, but, you know, Texas. More info here: https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/09/texas-enacts-social-media-censorship-law-to-benefit-anti-vaxxers-spammers.htm R's, John _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
