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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugh Spell
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 1999 8:53 PM
> The transmission of unsolicited or prohibited advertising or other
> content through electronic mail or inappropriate Usenet postings
> is forbidden. ... unsolicited mass mailings ...
I run a web site for alumni of a small, no-longer-in-business
company (SofTech). I have about 240 email addresses, some
sent in by the actual addressee and some by their friends.
Suppose I send email to everybody announcing some new content;
isn't that spam by this definition? It's "unsolicited,"
certainly by those who didn't send me their address and more
arguably by everybody. It's "other content" (as is everything,
of course). It's a "mass mailing," assuming that "mass" has
any reasonable definition.
You say that the ISP management will decide that this isn't
really spam? What if we were a political organization rather
than alumni, say "Liberal Democrats for Bradley," the ISP
is run by right-wingers, and they declare that my mailing
is spam and throw us off?
Maybe my mailing _is_ spam. Some of the people receiving it
could well dislike the company/candidate and be displeased
by the mailing, and could complain to the ISP.
Instead of a shrinkwrap-license-like clause in the ISP
agreement, how about if ISPs implemented a hard limit on
the number of outgoing email messages that a single account
can send, say 100 per week? Customers with legitimate, non-
spam need for a higher limit could apply for it by submitting
an explanation of their need.
Bob Munck
Mill Creek Systems LC
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