SPAM (an address to rid yourself of it)

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[cantfindagoodscreenname]

The first step to liberalism. Government legislation to ensure that we "feel good". It's for the children, don't ya know!

Yeah, I'm worried about myself. I think I can limit myself to just one "feel good" thing--the Do Not Call registry. I'm pretty sure I can stop there....

[ghostrider]

Does that satisfy you NNANY-STATE beggars?

That is a gross simplification of a serious issue. Under your scenario our options are to bend over and take it or to kill them. I will settle for the "NANNY-STATE" option.

[Nick Danger]

bigger penises, Animal sex, homosexual encouters...."make her scream in bed" stuff.

I don't want the Gov associating my name with this crap.

They all get it too :)

[Salgak]

The "CAN-SPAM" bill won't work, AND takes away any right of private action previously authorized by State Laws.

Effective next year. . .spam is legal.

[CSM]

Hey, the first step to self curing the problem is admitting that you have a problem. On to step #2....;-)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

apologies if I offended.
I'm told that the only way a fellow gets these solicitations is by leaving cookies at porn sites.

[steplock]

I don't know ... the "string 'em up option sounds intriguing!

Let's trot back down memory lane - this will work with those in their mid 40's & older,

Remember the days if someone insulted your wife, your flag, your country, you took it out back and made sure the insulter learned the errors of his ways. It was easy & simple. Of course if he was bigger, (meaner) you lost that particular argument that time but respect was gained usually.

Also, if a person was WRONG, other DECENT people would also let that person know that he was wrong.

There was NO NEED to go to the NANNY STATE Storm-Troopers so they could "Take Down" an obnoxious boor.

Someone burned a flag in your presence, you showed him your feelings towards his attitutdes. You used to NOT crawl to a LAWYER politician and beg for the govt to MAKE A LAW. But you did - and they did - and now ALL will BOW TO THEIR FLAG. But guess what - it is no longer the flag of the U.S.A. but the flag of the U.S.S.A.

Is that what you want?

MAKE A LAW to FORCE people to say GOD! Gee ... isn't that what the Taliban did?

It's time to take down the federal beurocracy and bring back our own individual CIVIL RIGHTS as guaranteed in our CONSTITUTION and original Bill of Rights!

[lentulusgracchus]

Wow great. I've been forwarding this crap to the FBI for who knows how long... and you can guess how effective they have been with the info.

I send mine to SpamCop to parse the headers automatically and compose complaint reports to the abuse desks at any and all ISP's used by the spammer, including the owners of any open relays he might have used to inject spam.

A copy goes to the FTC, who was cited in another story/thread as being one of the studying agencies on this issue. I don't send cc. to the FBI as it isn't their area. Chain letters and Nigerian 419 letters go to the Secret Service's Financial Crimes Division.

The problem with Billy Tauzin's bill is that it redefines spam deliberately, to wash the "mainsleaze" spammers who are waiting in the wings. The bill beats up the small-time chickenboners who are responsible for most of the abusive spam, but the bill does enormous damage to our rights not to have to look at unsolicited commercial e-mails, by redefining it as a legal and permissible form of transmission.

Anything that is sent as commercial advertising without your specific consent is SPAM. And anyone who spams, is abusing the Net and stealing your bandwidth, your computer's resources, and your ISP's server time.

Tauzin rewrote the definition of spam, to exclude commercial advertising sent to you by senders who identify themselves. All they have to do is put their own name on it -- and voila'! Tauzin washes them clean. IMHO this was the ulterior -- and venal -- actual purpose of the bill.

The "do-not-disturb" provision is chickenfeed for chumps. It's called listwashing by spamfighters, and it's something spammers do themselves, in order to avoid getting caught in spamtraps set by spamfighters, who then submit the spammers' ISP's to the blocklist operators like SPEWS and SpamCop.

The other effect of Tauzin's bill is that blocklist operators in the US will no longer be able legally to maintain a blocklist of US spammers who play by Tauzin's rules.

I'm telling you, guys -- this is a typical piece of captive, venal, special-interest legislation on behalf of the bad guys!

As if you couldn't tell just by seeing who wrote it, and noticing that it's a congressman from Louisiana, home of the Louisiana Hayride and many other fine, venal, for-sale scandals and congressmen.

[thoughtomator]

They ain't as smart as they think they is. I have a filter on my email that looks for things like "click here to remove" (including the very things required by law) and marks them as spam, which is then easily discarded... and it all gets sent to the FTC, 'legal' spam or not.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

apologies if I offended.

Don't worry. I am a prude, but I can take a joke, lol.

I'm told that the only way a fellow gets these solicitations is by leaving cookies at porn sites.

The only time I go to porn sites is when it's an accident. I don't know how it happens, but I've found myself at those sites and freaked out, lol. I remember getting to one once by incorrectly typing in the URL for the Drudge Report.

In any case, I'd love to be free of these e-mails because I have a bunch of kids whom I don't want exposed to this stuff.

Candi

[FlyLow]

Funny, I never get those.
I get those e-mails and I don't even HAVE one!

Candi

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Keep watching...someone will offer to make you one! (-:

[supercat]

There was NO NEED to go to the NANNY STATE Storm-Troopers so they could "Take Down" an obnoxious boor.

Indeed, I'd like to see a law that would make evidence of a crime victim's spamming behaviors (if any) admissible in court. Would work especially well if judges were courageous enough to let jurors know that they get to decide not only the facts of the case but also what is just (Mr. Smith accused of harassing Mr. Jones, but Mr. Jones sent out 10,000,000 emails? Jury finds Mr. Smith not guilty and thanks him for his public service). How long do you think spam would last in that environment?

[supercat]

They ain't as smart as they think they is. I have a filter on my email that looks for things like "click here to remove" (including the very things required by law) and marks them as spam, which is then easily discarded... and it all gets sent to the FTC, 'legal' spam or not.

Unfortunately, my ISP mis-tags a few things as spam using such criteria. Besides, half the "click to remove" things are really "click to show the spammer this is a real email address".