Lawrence Lucier Sent a Sub-Space message to Mike Roberts Concerning:
Re: More on...."SPAM"........
 MR> #1, how do they know you don't want it sent and that you are not
 MR> interested? Just because YOU MAY not be interested, does that
 MR> mean all people with an email address are not?
 LL> If you were receiving upward of (say) 10 unsolicited phone calls a day
 LL> at your residence would you tolerate it?  Myself, I have a hard time
 LL> tolerating one of these phone calls a week.  
C'mon Larry, who you kidding A piece of email is nowhere near as
invasive as a phone call. A phone call, you have to asner immediately
and on demand. A piece of email, takes 2 seconds to download and if not
interested, I can delete it at my liesure, and oh yeah, to your
surprise, I can also respond to it if I wish.
 MR> tell a Co, not to send mail, fine! Thats legitimate, If a Co.
 MR> gives you that choice by simply replying, I can't feel sorry for
 MR> you.
 LL> Pretty naive statement, IMHO.  Have you ever been hit by multiple SPAM
 LL> messages day after day after day and also sat there typing in replies
 LL> to each and every one?  If you have, then a suggestion along the lines
I've been on the net for three years, and I have very seldom recieved
multiple messages from people who gave me the option of being remved
from a list. I also have maybe recieved other messages from questionable
individuals, and even then once every 3 to 4 weeks. You make it sound
like you get 30 msgs ad day from the same co. If you do, I am with you,
something should be done to stop it. So, BTW, If I get 4 or 5 a day,
which invite me to reply with a remove statement, I do,  a couple mouse
clicks and remove and I'm done, Most who offer that courtesy, aboide by
it.
 LL> of "getting a life" would be most ap-pro-po!  
I would reccomend that to you, definitely.
 LL> There doesn't seem to be any respect shown by businesses regarding
 LL> SPAM type promotional tactics which is why there are laws in place to
 LL> restrict their actions (eg: telephone soliciting).  Businesses only
 LL> respond to what the law lays down which has nothing to do with
 LL> respect. 
You still want to mix apples and oranges here. I can't, two different
subjects not intrusive on the same level as a direct phone call to your
home. I don't get what you mean anyway, there is no law against Sending
out mass mail promotions, whether it be by US mail or email. We all seem
to get both.
 MR> Unfortunately there is the snake and idiot who spams also, You
 MR> can almost tell by his post he/she is shady. I wouldn't do
 MR> business with them in the first place.
 LL> But will will accept mountains of unsolicited material that costs you
 LL> time and money?  Seems you are contradicting yourself.  :-) 
As I told Jonathan, Sure it is a hassle, and I do not deny that. But I
see people wailing about costs and such, but if it was ever taken to
court by an individual, He'd have a hard time to get a judge to even
look at it. I don't believe that people get so much that it is costing
them much. I'd bet you could let a company spam you with a msg, once a
day, all year for 5 years, and it costs you less than twenty dollars, If
you want to take them, fine it's legal and you have a right, but as I
said there are others who go by illegal means, Just because they don't
like it. Let the business take them to court and show how this nonsense
they pull had halted their business, even for a short period of time,
and, now! we are talking something against federal law and MOney, a lot
more than the couple seconds to download unsolicited email.
Takereasy
Mike
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