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This isn't the first time
that lawmakers enacted laws about things they do not understand. It is merely a PR move in the year before national elections, as our many laws that passed with cool names that have very little effectiveness. The law will do nothing to stem the flow of unslolicited commercial email since it does not go the core of the issue -- allowing mail to be sent to only those who opt-in and then enforcing the law rigourously. Of course, any US law will not apply to offshore servers and guess where the spammers will send from? Until we have opt-in legislation rather than opt-out then you and I would be better off smoking rope than expecting any meaningful improvement in the current sorry state of email advertising. As far as I am concerned, there are no legitimate commercial emails in my mailbox, it is all ****...
Posted by: Sunny Jalolly   Posted on: 11/25/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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If the Direct Marketing Association  issthatso | 11/25/03
Disregard above message  issthatso | 11/25/03
DMA is a joke and so is the Legislation  shawkins | 11/26/03
ADV in the subject line  ddollinger | 12/02/03
if the get rich quick ads  lmaxwell | 11/25/03
My Computer Dictionary Isn't Here Yet  ParadigmOdyssey | 11/25/03
Only solution is to charge the advertiser for the spam  GregSalts | 11/25/03
Suprised? Not hardly.  worknman | 11/25/03
This isn't the first time  Sunny Jalolly | 11/25/03
Opt-out our representatives!  TheSlumlord | 11/25/03
AMEN !!! (NT)  Update victim | 11/27/03
hell im gonna start spamming  JoeMama_z | 11/25/03
Ok, but.....  James T. Kirk | 11/26/03
Well, now we know what the Spammers will be thankful for.....  James T. Kirk | 11/26/03
What a pandering waste of taxpayers' money  Taz_z | 11/26/03
Ineffectual legislation now on TWO continents.  kingsley_z | 11/26/03
All About the MONEY and Compatible  donald.coe@... | 11/26/03
Be careful unless you like gov censorship  Robert Rice | 11/26/03
Freedom of speech includes my right not to listen  Squawkbox | 11/28/03
Good censorship vs. bad (and spam is bad)  shawkins | 11/28/03
Freedom of speech is irrelevent  rbethell | 11/28/03
This isn't going to work as it targets the wrong people  bitfuzzy | 11/29/03
89%  wresnick | 12/15/03

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