Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Bill
I use netscape and must have filled out the profile right. What a relief!
jackief
William J. Foristal wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
>
> Hi Jackie,
>
> It probably depends on many factors, one of which is the profile a
> subscriber fills out when signing up. Ed clued me in about juno. If you
> fill out the questionnaire as if you are interested in nothing and
> planning to buy nothing, you get a lot fewer ads. Perhaps the spammers
> use the same system.
>
> I haven't got a single spam e-mail on AOL.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 01 Apr 1998 06:41:07 -0600 Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> >Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> >Hi Bill
> >
> >I don't receive spam mail on this server like I did in Fargo-Moorhead.
> > Maybe
> >it is the size of the town in my case--spammers would go broke in
> >Spamtown,
> >USA.
> >
> >jackief
> >
> >William J. Foristal wrote:
> >
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
> >>
> >> Hi Ron,
> >>
> >> Are these unsolicited e-mail you're referring to? Or those stupid
> >ads
> >> that pop up and you have to click "No Thanks" to continue the sign
> >on
> >> process? I get those ads all the time, but no spam e-mail at all.
> >I get
> >> a few spam e-mail on juno, but not many.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >> On Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:19:12 -0800 "Ronald Helm"
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> writes:
> >> >"Ronald Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Hopefully more states will follow this route. I tlooks like I
> >could
> >> >get
> >> >rich quickly just reporting the Spam that arrives in my AOL account
> >> >daily.
> >> >Ron
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Locke signs `spam' bill; it's first such law in nation
> >> >by Peter Lewis
> >> >
> >> >Seattle Times staff reporter
> >> >
> >> >Gov. Gary Locke yesterday signed into law a bill aimed at curbing
> >> >unsolicited commercial bulk e-mail, popularly known as spam.
> >> >As a result, Washington becomes the first state in the nation to
> >have
> >> >passed
> >> >legislation that will curb, if not eliminate, what many e-mail
> >users
> >> >consider to be an annoyance or worse, according to California
> >lawyer
> >> >David
> >> >Kramer.
> >> >A recognized expert on Internet e-mail and legislative efforts to
> >> >control
> >> >it, Kramer has testified before a state House committee in favor of
> >a
> >> >tougher version of Washington's anti-spam bill. He also has
> >> >collaborated on
> >> >bills proposed in Congress and in four other states.
> >> >The new law, which will take effect in 90 days, makes it a
> >violation
> >> >for
> >> >spammers to send e-mail messages that hide their point of origin,
> >mask
> >> >the
> >> >transmission path, or contain misleading information in the
> >message's
> >> >subject line.
> >> >Spam, named after the often-derided Hormel meat product, usually
> >> >contain
> >> >such false information in their "headers," or address fields, and
> >> >promote
> >> >get-rich-quick schemes, miracle health cures or explicit
> >pornographic
> >> >material.
> >> >The new law bans both sending e-mail with such deceptive header
> >> >information
> >> >from computers located in Washington, and sending such e-mail to an
> >> >electronic mail address that the sender knows, or has reason to
> >know,
> >> >is
> >> >held by a Washington resident.
> >> >It puts the burden on the sender to find out whether the intended
> >> >recipient
> >> >lives in Washington.
> >> >Individuals who receive such e-mail could collect up to $500 per
> >> >violation;
> >> >Internet service providers, the companies that provide computer
> >users
> >> >access
> >> >to the Internet, could receive up to $1,000.
> >> >Assistant State Attorney General Paula Selis yesterday said the
> >state
> >> >will
> >> >aggressively enforce the new law, but she declined to elaborate,
> >> >saying her
> >> >office generally doesn't like to disclose its enforcement
> >strategies.
> >> >She
> >> >called the new law "better than nothing."
> >> >With the support of the Washington Association of Internet Service
> >> >Providers
> >> >(WAISP), Selis had drafted a more vigorous law that would have
> >flatly
> >> >banned
> >> >sending spam - unless there was an existing relationship between
> >the
> >> >sender
> >> >and the recipient, or the recipient had requested or consented to
> >> >receive
> >> >it.
> >> >But powerful interests, including the Direct Marketing Association
> >and
> >> >Microsoft, testified against that v
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> ersion of the bill.
> >> >Microsoft lobbyist Deborah Brunton said her company is "very
> >concerned
> >> >about
> >> >unsolicited junk e-mail, but we also are a company that used
> >> >legitimate
> >> >e-mail practices to reach out to our customers." She said Microsoft
> >> >was
> >> >concerned that the bill's original language was ambiguous, and
> >might
> >> >have
> >> >prohibited the company from developing new markets.
> >> >Meanwhile, in his column posted on the Microsoft Web site
> >yesterday,
> >> >Chairman Bill Gates skewered spam, writing in part:
> >> >"Wasting somebody else's time strikes me as the height of rudeness.
> >We
> >> >have
> >> >only so many hours, and none to waste. That's what makes electronic
> >> >junk
> >> >mail and e-mail hoaxes so maddening."
> >> >The new law also calls for creation of a three-member task force,
> >> >consisting
> >> >of two members of the House Energy and Utilities Committee and a
> >> >person
> >> >appointed by Locke, to identify technical, legal and cost issues
> >> >related to
> >> >spam, and to evaluate whether existing laws are sufficient to cope
> >> >with it.
> >> >It sets a Nov. 15 d
> >>
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> >> eadline for completion of the report.
> >> >Meantime, WAISP executive director Gary Gardner said local Internet
> >> >providers would review the new law when they gather April 17 at
> >Bell
> >> >Harbor
> >> >Conference Center on the Seattle waterfront.
> >> >
> >> >Women have their faults. Men have only two.
> >> >Everything they say. Everything they do.
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