15 Jul
1998
15 Jul
'98
8:05 a.m.
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.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK