Re: Can this be true?

From: Doug Klein <doug.klein_at_centric.com>
Date: Thu 30 Nov 2000 10:03:27 -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. Glad you asked this question. As I teach
in my seminars, your biggest enemy online (and the
biggest weapon for unscrupulous marketers) is
"misinformation." Check out http://www.cauce.org and
http://www.mailabuse.org for information about spam,
its definitions, pending legislation, etc. In short,
the message you got is a common one that marketers are
either putting on their messages to be deceiving, or
because they haven't done their research. In truth,
the cauce.org site references this bill saying:

The Murkowski-Torricelli Amendments to S. 1618
<http://www.cauce.org/legislation/s1618_hr3888.html> .
Status: Passed Senate, died in conference, (which means
the bill is not law, despite what spammer 'disclaimers'
say).

If you look in the "pending legislation" area of
cauce.org, you'll see what's currently going on with
spam. If you need to report someone who has put you on
a list without your permission, go to mailabuse.org and
follow directions there. Good luck, and feel free to
email or call with any questions.

Doug Klein
Director, Web Marketing
CENTRIC
T 800.9.CENTRIC F 661.295.8525
http://www.centric.com





Received on Thu Nov 30 2000 - 09:03:27 CST