Re: Can this be true?

From: Kate Kaye <kate_at_lowbrowlowdown.com>
Date: Wed 29 Nov 2000 11:38:37 -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?

Hi Robert,

I did some sleuthing on the U.S. legislation site,
http://thomas.loc.gov. I discovered that S.1618 was a
bill introduced in the 105th senate by John McCain to
ammend the Communications Act of 1934. It's also known
as the "Slamming bill." It appears that the email
sender in question may have fudged the meaning a bit.
According to Title III, Sec. 305, it "Requires a person
who receives from any other person an electronic mail
message requesting the termination of further
transmission of commercial electronic mail to cease
such transmissions to the individual."

Also, I was unable to determine whether the ammendment
was actually passed by the entire congress -- it was,
after being passed by the senate, referred to the

Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer
Protection. You should check out this page for more
info:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d105:1:./temp/~bdv9sj:@@@L|/bss/d105query.html|

Cheers,
Kate Kaye, Freelance Writer
kate_at_lowbrowlowdown.com
The Lowbrow Lowdown, Commentary with Bite
http://www.lowbrowlowdown.com





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