anti-spam week
bachrach
Starting on that date, send a copy of every spam you recieve, along with a
note attatched saying something like "this is a sample of the spam I get
every day, please pass laws to stop it" to the president and your
congressman/representatives. If you live outside the U.S. send it to the
parliment/dictator/president/whatever. This will hopefully get the
government to do something about spam other than make phony little laws that
they're not going to back up that only make people think it's okay to spam.
Also trace every single spam you get that week back to the original IS and
complain to abuse@ or postmaster@. This is only for one week, so even if
it's more work then you normally do, please just participate for one week.
Also if the spammers are part of a company that has a website/telphone
number/web page/e-mail adress, track them down and complain. This is just
for one week, so show the world we're sick of this and not going to take it
anymore.
Join the fight against spam!
www.cauce.org
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Nico Garcia
> Guess what? anti-spam week has been set for the week beginning August 1st.
> Starting on that date, send a copy of every spam you recieve, along with a
> note attatched saying something like "this is a sample of the spam I get
> every day, please pass laws to stop it" to the president and your
> congressman/representatives. If you live outside the U.S. send it to the
Spamming the president is *NOT* going to help.
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Nico Kadel-Garcia, ne' Garcia
ra...@tiac.net
<PGP is obviously a good idea: look at who objects to it.>
bachrach
Nico Garcia wrote in message ...
you're right, but sending a message along with the spam saying "this is a
sample of the junk I get dialy. As a U.S. citizen I ask that the government
please pass a law that will make sending junk like this illigal. Unlike
other forms of advertising, I cannot simply change the channel or turn the
page, I am forced to download this junk along with my other mail off of my
mail server."
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Scott Brown
"bachrach" <bach...@netreach.net> writes:
>you're right, but sending a message along with the spam saying "this is a
>sample of the junk I get dialy. As a U.S. citizen I ask that the government
>please pass a law that will make sending junk like this illigal. Unlike
>other forms of advertising, I cannot simply change the channel or turn the
>page, I am forced to download this junk along with my other mail off of my
>mail server."
I think you could word this differently and get a better reception.
When you say "...make sending junk like this illigal[sic]", it
sounds like you are objecting to the content of the message, not
the method by which it was sent. Something like the following
is probably more likely to influence the matter:
As a U.S. citizen and registered voter, I urge the passage of
laws that will curtail or prohibit the use of the internet to
conduct advertising the cost of which is not paid by the parties
initiating said advertising. Unlike advertising in media such
as television, radio, newspapers, and direct mail, the cost of
email traffic is passed on to the owners of the many computers
used to pass the message from source to destination. Furthermore,
many internet users pay to download their email through access
fees, phone bills, and internet account costs. I believe it is
unethical and should be illegal for the cost of commercial
traffic on the internet to be passed on in this way.
I am enclosing a sample of the kind of unsolicited material I am
routinely stuck paying to receive. My votes in upcoming elections
will be strongly influenced by the actions in this matter of
those persons seeking positions at the state and federal level.
Thank you for your time,
<name>
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George Crissman
of intentionally forwarding all my spam to my
Honorable Representative in the House, so I
chickened-out and sent a copy of the *announcement*
instead, with a polite cover asking if his office
was "...going to participate in anti-spam week."
If he replies that he is, then I'll go ahead and
send it. Otherwise I won't. He always replies via
snail mail, so it'll be a week or two before I
receive his answer.
-- George Crissman
-- str...@tmisnet.com
I suppose this is my version of "opt-in" -- I'll
probably stress that in my followup email.
Spam Hunting: Another Sport Made Possible By Technology.
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