--On 6 September 2007 14:06:08 -0700 Jeroen van Aart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Cardwell wrote: > >> What you're describing is: soliciting e-mail, and then claiming the >> e-mail is unsolicited... I'm going by the Spamhaus definition of spam >> here: http://www.spamhaus.org/definition.html > > I agree to that definition, but I am just wondering what is the > threshold of bulk, when does something cease to be a bunch of emails and > becomes bulk. Referring to: The word "Spam" as applied to Email means > Unsolicited Bulk Email ("UBE"). The UK officially doesn't agree. It bans unsolicited email for direct marketing purposes, when sent to private addresses. Quantity is irrelevant. See section 22 of <http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032426.htm> The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 Guidance on the act makes clear that "direct marketing" included promoting the aims of any organisation, whether commercial, charitable, or otherwise. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
