snkeyes3
join:2003-09-23
| Put on your raincoats
Its gonna be raining SPAM. After all the legit opt-outs are processed, the "less than legit spammers" (take that with a grain of salt) will just use the opt-out requirement to sign you up for more spam...as we ALL know WILL happen.
The flood is coming. Where are my waders? |
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL | We have just doubled internet spam traffic.
First the spam, now everyone clicking the "Opt-out" link to get rid of it.
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USAOwnz
RIP dadkins
Premium
join:2003-11-15
P.R.C.
clubs:   | Err, that bill if going to flood me with spam.
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Jason Levine
Premium
join:2001-07-13
USA
| reply to snkeyes3
And how will you tell those legit opt-out links from the less-than-legit ones? Answer: You won't and it will still be easier to just delete (or filter) the spam. Of course, now spammers might claim that their messages are legal and try to use the legal system to force the ISPs to let their spam through. (Not that they'd win. I think the CAN SPAM act specifically allows ISPs to filter e-mails, but how many ISPs would cave at the mere threat of a lawsuit?)
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to Wills
said by Wills  :
We have just doubled internet spam traffic.
First the spam, now everyone clicking the "Opt-out" link to get rid of it.
And opting out just verifies your email as valid which can be sold to list brokers or other spammers
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mglunt
join:2001-09-10
Fredericksburg, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to snkeyes3
The Bill outlaws getting your email address from the variety of ways that the vast majority of them did... from email lists, probing websites, using jsmith1, jsmith2, etc... You will also see a do not spam list soon.
So, unless you give them your email, they won't have it. Some of you really, REALLY, need to read the law before commenting on it. |
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