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One man's free enterprise...

...is another's nuisance.

I find the following whine to be symptomatic of the problem:

"One bulk e-mailer, Ronald Scelson, testified that he is being discriminated against for abiding by Can-Spam."

"Scelson said that even though his torrent of outgoing e-mail complies with the Can-Spam Act, Internet providers are continuing to block him. "When we mail under the new law, the major ISPs focus on our From: addresses, Subject: lines, our company information, and our disclaimers on the bottom of the e-mail as well as our IP address. They use this information to block our e-mails," Scelson said. A law designed "to curtail fraud, is in fact curtailing our ability to engage in free enterprise."

Of course, he doesn't think to wonder why he's being blocked; instead, he wants the feds to force people to accept his mailings.

John L. Ries

Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 05/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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