Re: Standard?
Davis, Ian (iand@wcom.co.uk)
Tue, 03 Dec 96 14:02:00 GMT
>On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 Ambassador@FourthWorld.com wrote:
>
>:
>:All published email addresses should in all circumstances be regarded
as
>:exempt from unsolicited bulk email, just as fax machines are currently
>:protected.
>
>OK, I'm in London(England) and I haven't heard of this. I don't know if
we
>have similar protections over here, but if we're talking about the
>internet then it doesn't really matter.
>
>:The simplest path is to write your Congressional representatives and
>:encourage them to fix this matter by clarifying the terms of the
>:anti-junk-fax law to explicitely include protection for email users as
>:well as fax owners.
>
>Can I have some more info on this?
>
> Nige
I'm not quite sure how enforcible a ban on junk email would be. How is
the US government going to prosecute a spammer based in taiwan or brazil?
Ian Davis
iand@fdc.co.uk
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