Re: legitimate unsolicited commercial e-mail vs spam

From: Hal Pawluk <hpawluk_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Sat 30 Oct 1999 08:31:58 -0700

DAVID ROSS WROTE:
> I am writing a paper taking the position that legitimate
> unsolicited commercial e-mail (e.g. business to business, or
> directed at website owners, complying with proposed/actual
> federal and/or state legislation, with easy removal from
> mailing list, etc) should be distinguished from "bad" spam
> (e.g. fake return addresses, pyramid plans, pornography,
> etc.), and should be permitted (if not actually encouraged).

I disagree with your oxymoronic definition of "good spam,"
particularly the part about "easy removal from mailing
lists." I should not HAVE to remove myself from the list,
as I should not have been on it in the first place.

I still think this could have been solved years ago by
simply putting e-mail in the same class of communication as
faxes. The law prohibits unsolicited faxes, and this
should be the case for e-mail.

Hal
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Received on Sat Oct 30 1999 - 10:31:58 CDT