From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 18 21:41:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inconnu.isu.edu (inconnu.isu.edu [134.50.8.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE4737B401 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:41:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (galt@localhost) by inconnu.isu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA21119; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:40:49 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:40:49 -0700 (MST) From: John Galt Reply-To: galt@inconnu.isu.edu To: Per Tore Larsen Cc: "'randy // fBSD'" , "Freebsd-Questions (E-post)" Subject: RE: SPAM? (was Re: Antisniffer measures (digest of posts)) In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F8AD@fernonorden.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Per Tore Larsen wrote: >> On 1/19/01, Per Tore Larsen wrote: >>=20 >> > the only way to express your self without any >> > kind of censorship >> Sorry, but spam is NOT a form of self expression...unless it=20 >> was done in an >> artfull way, which 10 times out of 10 they're not. >>=20 >> expression: The act of expressing, conveying, or representing=20 >> in words, art, >> music, or movement; a manifestation: an expression of rural values >>=20 >> spam usually comes from more than one person or a company=20 >> more often...that pretty >> much rules out the self part... >>=20 >> Just my 2=A2 >>=20 >> -randy >>=20 >Point taken. But how are we going to stop spam??? Well, we could let >someone check all mail, through a global mail server looking for such We could sue the bastards. Idaho recently (last spring, taking effect last summer) passed a law that makes some kinds of spamming a tort, punishable by $1,000, $100 per occurence, or actual damages, whichever is greater. If there's such a law in your neck of the woods, USE IT, if there isn't, lean on your state legislators to make one. Let's see if we can't hit them where it hurts: the cash box. All it takes is about a hundred or so trips to Small Claims, and all of a sudden spamming doesn't seem as lucrative... =20 >keywords that spam a likeliy to have. But if we let this happen what >stops the goverment in stopping other mail they don't want to be sent >to through email. >I just don't like the thought. > >The more I argue I get more pissed I get at spam, they're like telemarketi= ng >people that calls you up to sell you some crap that you don't need. >The only good thing about this is that your able to mess around with >salespersons head for a while. With spam you can do that. > >Anyways, I guess I have had to much coffe so I will stop here. This threa= d >is usless anyways, we argue that be both hate spam and therefor we can't >agree. >or something.. > >Good morning and thanks for the coffe. > >PeTe > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --=20 Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email galt@inconnu.isu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message