----- Original Message -----
From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman(_at_)lcs(_dot_)mit(_dot_)edu>
To: <billcu(_at_)citynet(_dot_)net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: Why Spam is a problem
In article
<mit.lcs.mail.ietf/20020814023348$14fe(_at_)traf(_dot_)lcs(_dot_)mit(_dot_)edu>
you
write:
I'm no fan of spam but we all get snail mail ads don't we? Shouldn't
advertisers of a possibly good product be allowed to e-mail
adverstise?
Certainly they should. They simply should not be allowed to send it
to unwilling parties.
-GAWollman
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Opinions not those of| seeking'' or any other complex and overt behavior.
MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002)
I've been in tele-marketing for 5 years. There's a controversial business.
No one likes to be woken up early in the morning. There's a federal law that
says that if someone wants to be put on the "do not call list" they can't be
contacted again, kind of like an opt-out policy, personally I think that's
the way to go.
I've received pornographic spam for a while I don't even bother to look
at anymore, because I know if I choose to opt-out, it doesn't do me any
good, I keep receiving the e-mail. I've tried I know a dozen times to get
off the mail list and it's useless. This is wrong.