2002-11-11 21:58:27

by Hell.Surfers

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Subject: OT:Has a spam law been passed?

This spam talks about a anti spam law passed by the US, is it true...?

Regards, Dean.

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:02:54 +0000 "chubarovandrey" <[email protected]> wrote:


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2002-11-11 22:31:37

by Matti Aarnio

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Subject: Re: OT:Has a spam law been passed?

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:05:03PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> This spam talks about a anti spam law passed by the US, is it true...?

Go see: http://www.cauce.org

I have seen that particular one in SPANISH language sent from Brazilia,
as if proposed (but never ratified) US legistlation has any relevance
to people anywhere. Referral to the "murkowsky" spam-bill is direct
admittance that it is spam.

> Regards, Dean.

/Matti Aarnio

2002-11-12 01:46:48

by Rik van Riel

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Subject: Re: OT:Has a spam law been passed?

On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 [email protected] wrote:

> This spam talks about a anti spam law passed by the US, is it true...?

No. Bill S. 1618 has never been passed. Note that this does
make a good regexp since any email claiming to be compliant
with this bill is known to be spam.

This is also a nice illustration of:

Rule #1: spammers lie

Rik
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