"Fred Showker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... [snip] > Sending junk mail with falsified information is a violation > of FTC codes, and a class 1 misdemeanor in most states. > Sending junk mail with fraudulent offers, and falsified > contact or identity information is a felony. we also have junk fax laws over here in the UK (although sending the improper faxes isn't a crime, it's just unlawful...)... we get several unlawful faxes a week... > I think the same should apply to email. sounds like a good idea... using [EMAIL PROTECTED] wouldn't be a problem, and i don't imagine that you'd get in trouble if you accidentally put a typo in your address... however, legislation that only outlaws forgery doesn't address the cost shifting issue... paper junk mail and faxes cost the sender money... with email the recipient bears most of the cost... legislation that legitimises spamming if you don't use a forged address would be bad... > If you signed up for a dial up account with false contact > information, and used a stolen or falsified charge card, > you'd be in trouble when they tracked you down. you could be in trouble, but in practice you'd get away with it... spammers do it all the time... > Why should spammers be allowed to do the very same. > > I've discovered DOMAIN names that were registered with > false ID and Charge Cards, but are still in operation. > Why can't Network Solutions shut them down? they can shut them down, and it is their policy to shut them down... they just don't bother to enforce it... providing they're not knowingly accepting false cards, the credit card company will almost certainly honour the payments... michael _______________________________________________ SpamCop-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.spamcop.net/mailman/listinfo/spamcop-help
