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

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:16:26PM -0800, Bill Campbell wrote:
> >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.

Yep; they CAN SPAN.  :-)

But as for Yahoomail and the like, I believe the terms of service,
which no one ever reads, require you to grant them permission to ad-tag
your messages.

Cheers,
-- jra
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