Re: Can this be true?

From: Hal Pawluk <hal_at_pawluk.com>
Date: Wed 29 Nov 2000 11:24:31 -0500

ROBERT DAY <Robert_at_rob99.demon.co.uk> WROTE:
> "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?

Sort of. The bill was passed by the US Senate May 12,
1998, but you can consider anything you like to be
spam. I'm willing to bet that the sender didn't meet
requirements 2a and 2b.

And I wouldn't recommend replying to the remove
address, as it's likely that you won't be removed but
will instead be moved to an "A-list" of addresses that
have been confirmed to be real.

The bill is at
http://www.techlawjournal.com/congress/slamspam/s1618es
.htm for anyone who wants to see the details.

Unfortunately, I think that since about 1992 we've had
"the best congress that money could buy". I'm hoping
with the new, nearly equal balance of parties in the
House and the Senate, we may get better legislation, at
least less pro-business and more pro-citizen (and
resident alien, which I am :-).

--- relevant clip from the bill:

(1) IN GENERAL- A person who transmits an unsolicited
commercial electronic mail message shall cause to
appear in each such electronic mail message the
information specified in paragraph (2).

(2) COVERED INFORMATION- The following information
shall appear at the beginning of the body of an
unsolicited commercial electronic mail message under
paragraph (1):

(A) The name, physical address, electronic mail
address, and telephone number of the person who
initiates transmission of the message.

(B) The name, physical address, electronic mail
address, and telephone number of the person who created
the content of the message, if different from the
information under subparagraph (A).

(C) A statement that further transmissions of
unsolicited commercial electronic mail to the recipient
by the person who initiates transmission of the message
may be stopped at no cost to the recipient by sending a
reply to the originating electronic mail address with
the word `remove' in the subject line.

Hal Pawluk
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