Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:03:29 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Europe says yes to spam Message-ID: <4.2.0.37.19990511100245.04683bd0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990511181344.R65965@freebie.lemis.com>
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Sounds bogus to me. It'd be in direct conflict with the EU regulations which prevent the collection and dissemination of personal information. --Brett Glass At 06:13 PM 5/11/99 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: >Just saw this on the aussie-isp list. > >Greg > >----- Forwarded message from Terence <terry@tdce.com.au> ----- > > > Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:21:34 +1000 (EST) > > To: aussie-isp@aussie.net > > Precedence: bulk > > Reply-To: aussie-isp@aussie.net > > > > > > [More idiot politicians...] > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:29:33 +1000 (EST) > > From: David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au> > > To: cauce-aus@corvu.com > > Subject: Europe says yes to spam > > > > The European Parliament has voted to legalise spam. The European Internet > > Service Providers Association (EuroISPA) campaigned against the idea, a UK > > MEP made a passionate speech to ban junk email and nobody spoke in favour of > > it. Despite this, it was passed 266 votes to 137. A clause to ban the > > harvesting of email addresses from newsgroups and web sites was removed > > before the bill was passed. > > > > Net users are required to register with national opt-out lists if they do > > not wish to receive junk email. > >----- End forwarded message ----- > >-- >See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers >finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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