On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:33 pm, Terry Collins wrote:
> James Gray wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:35 pm, Kevin Saenz wrote:
> > > How good is it that Alston is no longer going to look after
> > > IT and the Arts.
> > >
> > > Kevin Saenz
> >
> > I'm reserving my relief or consternation until I see Alston's
> > replacement. Seems ironic that the only sensible piece of legislation
> > he ever tabled was the last one (the anti-spam stuff).... seems he got
> > it right in the end.
>
> Well, not quiet. You can send spam so long as you are not commercial.
> So charities will rip right in their now. 50% of faxes WOA received
> (when it had a public fax number) were from charities wanting donations.
>
>    Terry Collins 

I agree with your observations regarding the "anti-spam" legislation 
proposal.  My point was that this was the "best" he (Senator Alston) could 
manage and even /that/ was somewhat underwhelming :P

--James
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