In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lionel writes: > >On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 11:53:58 +0100, James Cronin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >[opt-in bulk email] >>Has anyone ever actually come across such a contract in real life >>or are they just urban myths? > >Urban myth. >If you make damn sure that you clearly mark your bulk mail with the >website/organisation at which your user subscibed, & you record the >*way* they subscribed[0], you should be fine. It's also vitally >important that you respond promptly to email that arrives at your >domain's 'abuse@' address. > >[0] Eg: IP address & time stamp from when they hit the 'subscribe me' >button on a web form, copy of the signed paper form they sent in, etc.
See http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/0104/msg00718.html for a NANOG post -- and a link -- on the subject. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com