Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:13:44 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Europe says yes to spam Message-ID: <19990511181344.R65965@freebie.lemis.com>
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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
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