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 ·Wisper
| What's the Diff? I have to ask the community. What is the difference between the spam this guy generated and telemarketers or direct mailers? If I don't ask to receive any of these aren't they all just as bad? Shouldn't they all be prosecuted and outlawed? Do the later 2 get a pass because they have been around so long? Isn't he just doing what the other 2 already do, just on a bigger scale? Was he sealing illegal drugs or other illegal items?
Personally i don't care what happens to the guy or any other spammers. I use a junk email account for "stuff" on the web and only get a handful of spam that must be manually deleted. Certainly not an overwhelming task for myself although I have met those in life that it may be a big task for. |
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 bentand IngaPremium
join:2004-10-04
Loveland, CO
 ·Comcast
| Con 100%. I get almost no spam for the same reason. I have a junk e-mail box, and am very careful who I give my true e-mail addy to.
Get ready to be flamed. Just because some of the people here aren't smart enough not to give their e-mail addy to mydonkeypunch.com, doesn't mean that everyone is that dumb.
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fantomposterPhantom PosterPremium
join:2002-09-21
Independence, OH | reply to pbaldwin
said by pbaldwin:I have to ask the community. What is the difference between the spam this guy generated and telemarketers or direct mailers? Telemarketers are covered under the do not call laws, in the US anyway. And they can and are nailed if you ask to be removed.
Direct Mailers get a pass because 100 percent of the cost is absorbed by the Direct Mailers, unlike emailers where far more than half of the cost is absorbed by the recipient. I don't think they should get a pass, there should be an opt-out/do not mail list for them also.
But the argument that A is bad and is allowed so we should allow B is invalid. We should fix the problem with A, not ignore B.
If I don't ask to receive any of these aren't they all just as bad? Shouldn't they all be prosecuted and outlawed? Do the later 2 get a pass because they have been around so long? Isn't he just doing what the other 2 already do, just on a bigger scale?
Yes to the first and second question. See above for the third.
What he was doing was ignoring the law, on a VERY big scale. Not only in volume, but also in the number ways he was not compliant. He did not honor removes, he forged headers, he did not identify himself....the list of specific violations is pretty long.
Was he sealing illegal drugs or other illegal items?
Yes, but that does not matter. Spam is spam regardless of the content. Selling illegal stuff is just another violation.
Personally i don't care what happens to the guy or any other spammers.
I care. I am the sys eng for a school district, and we spend time and money stopping his spam. Money that should be spent educating children, not lining his pockets.
And that is the answer for all you that say 'get a filter'. Large scale fitlers for a few thousand employees are not free, nor are they cheap. Nor do the run themselves. |
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bentand IngaPremium
join:2004-10-04
Loveland, CO Reviews:
·Comcast
| said by fantomposter:I am the sys eng for a school district, and we spend time and money stopping his spam. Money that should be spent educating children, not lining his pockets. LOL Whose pockets is that money lining?
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