They have an excellent point, and thier definition is used as a reference in many court cases. The primary factor being the defined terminology of, "it's not about content, it's about consent".
On 9/20/07, Jeroen van Aart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > > On 9/20/07, Jeroen van Aart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> want them so we have to live with it. As a side note, I wouldn't call an > >> auto reply spam, it is not bulk email. > > > In legal terms, spam isn't bulk mail. Its anything that you didn't > > want to receive. The precedent has already been established. > > I guess that depends on the country, if they have laws anyways, and > those laws can be flawed. Quoting http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html: > > " A message is Spam only if it is both Unsolicited and Bulk. > - Unsolicited Email is normal email > (examples: first contact enquiries, job enquiries, sales enquiries) > > - Bulk Email is normal email > (examples: subscriber newsletters, customer communications, discussion > lists)" > > Logically speaking, an email sent to you, which you do not want is such > a vague and questionable thing, subject to change. What if the email > came from an ex partner, you didn't want it, according to your terms it > would be spam, but it shouldn't be considered spam as it is not bulk, > neither did it cause major issues, it was only sent to you. > > Is a vacation auto reply really unwanted in the literal sense? Normally > you did cause the reply to be sent by sending an email to begin with. > That to me implies you indirectly agreed to receive a reply. Whether it > is automated or not is pointless. > > Greetings, > Jeroen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user > -- ME2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
