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I think USA sc*w*d itself
I got an email from a USA site I'd swapped links with announcing it had a new owner and exciting plans for the future.

Then I got an apology email from them, saying that the email list came from a previous owner and they were very sorry for the previous email and didn't know how the names came to be on the list and the list would be destroyed immediately.

Basically he didn't know that there had been previous email exchanges, didn't know he had a right under CAN-SPAM to email me, and because the penalties are so high he killed a marketing channel he had, damaging his own business.

Meanwhile Chinese companies send me stuff all the time and don't think twice about it. If Polystyrene Orange slices are your thing, I can connect you to 2 suppliers. I can't connect you to any US suppliers, they're all too scared to email me.

Hasn't decreased my weekly spam folder size one bit. The solution to spam has always been client side filtering in my view:

http://www.nigeljohnstone.com/archives/2005/12/american_spam_i.html
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 12/20/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I think USA sc*w*d itself  Nigel Johnstone | 12/20/05
Client side filter does nothing  voska | 12/21/05
They are kidding, right?  toxicsloth_z | 12/20/05
At the very least...  X Marks The Spot | 12/20/05
Cause and effect  drabicky | 12/20/05
What's the FTC smoking?  Letophoro | 12/20/05
This is a joke!  Hacksawjd | 12/20/05
This is a joke!  Hacksawjd | 12/20/05
I don't get squat!  FreeBSD | 12/21/05
Uh-huh.... sure it has.  James T. Kirk | 12/21/05
Spin, spin, spin Lydia!!!!  ejhonda | 12/21/05
Why don't ISP say something  voska | 12/21/05
Clueless. Simply Clueless...  BitTwiddler | 12/21/05
Question: does anyone know...???  techboy_z | 12/21/05
That is illegal  Someguy2 | 12/26/05
That is illegal  Someguy2 | 12/26/05
WMD and now less SPAM  Palmyra | 12/21/05
Got something  dguith@... | 12/21/05
You know...  techboy_z | 12/21/05
Bad intelligence??  voska | 12/21/05
Intelligence, etc.  bhartman36 | 12/21/05
Intelligence, etc.  bhartman36 | 12/21/05
Nope...  techboy_z | 12/21/05
Remember also...  techboy_z | 12/21/05
What about Adware and Spyware  TheTech_z | 12/21/05
Remote filtering is working fine  johns_z | 12/21/05
OxyMORON!!!!!....................  btljooz | 12/21/05
Can Spam has worked as intended...  NobodyHome | 12/22/05
yeah, congress....  Someguy2 | 12/26/05

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