Re: Can this be true?

From: Frank Catalano <frank_at_frankcatalano.com>
Date: Wed 29 Nov 2000 11:19:52 -0500

ROBERT DAY <Robert_at_rob99.demon.co.uk> WROTE:
> I just got an email with this at the bottom:-
>
> "Under Bill S.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th U.S.
> Congress this message can't be considered Spam as long
> as there includes a way to be removed. To be removed
> from future mailings, simply respond to
> remove_at_gnetoffice.com with "REMOVE" in the subject
> line."
>
> You folks in the USA, please tell me if this can be
> true?

As with many things written in spams, this is a lie.
The bill has not been passed into law, but it makes the
spam look legitimate. There is no Federal spam safe
harbor statute, as this footer implies, as of this
date. And there is no Federal anti-spam measure either.

The best anti-spam defenses are still two online
services (if your ISP or mail server doesn't offer
filtering, once your e-mail address has been
harvested):

- www.brightmail.com to filter individual e-mail
  accounts (free)
- www.spamcop.net to report spams (free)

Frank Catalano
Principal, Catalano Consulting
Co-author, Internet Marketing for Dummies
frank_at_catalanoconsulting.com
www.catalanoconsulting.com





Received on Wed Nov 29 2000 - 10:19:52 CST