OT: The new total email scam from Yahoo... From John Esak... Call your congressman NOW!!! What shit!!!!

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006, Fairlight wrote:
>Yo, homey, in case you don' be listenin', Bill Campbell done said:
>> 
>> I think this comes under the TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing
>> As A Free Lunch).  Yahoo's ``Free'' webmail service comes with
>> strings attached.
>
>But doesn't that go against the CAN-SPAM (wasn't it called, or at least
>nicknamed that?) act?  It doesn't label it as spam appropriately, and
>there's no way for the recipient to "opt out" unless they stop talking to
>their friends/relatives/coworkers that use the service.
>
>Surely this violates that legislation on some level?

Some of the primary supports of CAN-SPAM were Microsoft and Yahoo, large
ISPs who wanted to insure that it was legal for them to spem their users.

Bill
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