OT: E-ChannelNews - Do We Really Need This?

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting John Esak (Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:33:32 -0500):
[...]
> finally... I'm kind of left with him thinking what they do is okay. What
> they do is (by his note below) is send out an advance email saying they
> are "going" to start sending a newsletter, and if you don't want it, you
> have to do thus and such.  I, of course, dump all email like this (as
> I'm sure we all do).  So, I start getting his junk/spam/unwanted-stuff.
> Shouldthis not be illegal... don't spam laws (whatever and wherever the
> heck they are) cite against this. I thought this sort of forced opt-in
> slamming onto lists was not "allowed". If it isn't, it sure should be.
> This guy says all this is niether here nor there.  I think it is
> definitely "there"... and I don't want to be "there". :-)
[...]

I'm sure that some states have laws that make this illegal.  However,
from what I understand, it's perfectly "legal" under the YOU-CAN-SPAM
act as long as they supply an "unsubscribe" method.

BTW, this is not "opt-in" as you state -- it's clearly "opt-out", as
in "we're going to spam you unless you tell us not to".  (And rarely
do spammers actually stop spamming if you "opt-out".  Often, it will
actually increase the amount of spam, because it means that not only
have you confirmed that the address is valid, but you also took the
time to read the junk to figure out how to supposedly stop the spam.)

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