Re: A question for the list...

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 01:55, morning_wood wrote:
> > > <snip, comments below>
The comparison between email and postal mail always fails, when it comes down to who pays for it. I don't pay a penny for the junk mail that comes through my front door, the company sending it does. I do pay for my email. The line rental on the phone (I don't use my phone for voice calls) and the monthly subscription to my ISP. Closer to the law in Europe, is unsolicted telephone salesmen. In the UK (and IIRC the US as well) there are lists of people who do not want to recieve telesales calls, and any company that persists in calling those numbers is liable for a hefty fine. These could well be ligit companies with ligit products but they still break the law, by advertising to people who have stated their desire to not receive these calls. It is not what is beng advertised, it is how it is being advertised. There is similar in place for faxes (which have higher costs than the telephone).
With spam, there is no opt-out (generally considored by those I have asked to be the least preffered option of the opt-out/opt-in options). Indeed, the whole opt-out idea is being abused by spammers now (in my inbox is 2 peices of spam stating that if I click here I will be removed from the list. Yeah, right, sure I will be...) As for opt-in, I have 4 that claim I have (you have opted to receive mail about ... if this is not corrrect please click here...) I have no particular need for viagra, and really don't need to know the latest special prices. It's not what is being advertised, it's how. You just stand more of a chance of getting the illegal stuff with email. The only way to avoid spam is not to recieve email, and that unacceptable.

ktabic

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