Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

From: Hans Franke <franke_at_sbs.de>
Date: Wed Jul 15 15:05:01 1998

> Here in Nevada a new anti-spam law just went into efect on July 1.
> Unsolicited commercial email, if sent after you request it to stop, is
> now a $5 (five dollars, that was not a typo) fine. I'm sure that will
> keep those spammers out of my mailbox.

USD five ?

HoHoHo. Stoping after request isnt exactly whats needed - The SPAM
is already done. And getting a replay will make the address more
valuable: now it is validates - the spammer now could sell the
address to s.o. else for a single usage without any fear of beeing
prosecuted.

And you could still spamm the other people.

And even if - Send out 5000 SPAMs and get 10 complains and pay
USD 50 - thats USD 0.01 per 'customer contact' still _very_
cheap. I don't know if you ever looked into marketing, but
companies are paying up to USD 20.00 for a singe use of ONE
address.

I don't think ths law will have any impact - very spaming friendly.
Just done to get votes but avoide any change.

Gruss
H.

--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Wed Jul 15 1998 - 15:05:01 BST

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