> RE: More on...."SPAM"...
 > BY: Mike Roberts to David Allan on Wed Nov 26 1997 04:14 am
 > > hate that myself, but I can't understand that if appropriately selected
 > > areas are spam, nor email, if the opportunity to cancel any further
 > > mailings is made available. Despite what some people say, Many people do
 > > appreciate getting what is so called electronic Junkmail, and as with
 > > the real stuff, most we don't read, we just delete, if we are
 > > interested, we may respond. If you want a totally paranoid, off the
 >         There are a couple problems with your above
 > statements.  1.) Why should
 > some corporate entity have the right to send me mail that I do
 > NOT ever want to
 > receive.  They don't even base the content on any stats
 > relating to me.  It's
 > just BULK JUNK.  2.) Many people PAY by the minute for
 > internet access.
 > Downloading mail they didn't request costs them money.  3.)
 > Most cancel
 > functions do not work; in fact, many "companies" use them to
 > validate
 > addresses.  If you reply with a cancel note, they KNOW the
 > address is valid.
 >         SPAM ought to be classified under the Junk Fax law
 > then we would have
 > some legal recourse.
Yeah, someone should form an anti-spam association out there.
There probably is already one, but I've missed it.
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