From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 15 03:00:06 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA24409 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 03:00:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA24380; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 03:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 1016xm-0006Vy-00; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:58:50 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id KAA02796; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:58:43 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04648; Fri, 15 Jan 99 10:58:41 GMT Message-Id: <369F1F52.650C9E6E@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:58:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en-GB Mime-Version: 1.0 To: jbryant@unix.tfs.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Forward all spam to UCE@FTC.GOV References: <199901151011.EAA08250@unix.tfs.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jim Bryant wrote: > [ snip ] > unsolicited commercial email should have been made a felony, just like > junk faxing is. it's only a matter of time before it is, because of > the fact that the ftc has better things to do than deal with spam > scams constantly. if effectively applied the current spam law will > cost more money in taxes for enforcement than making it a felony would > have ever cost with an effective opt-in law. > Your post made very intersting reading Jim, but, for the benefit of a non-US citizen, could you explain the definition of "felony" in the US legal system to put the above paragraph into context. I was under the impression that felony was 'serious' crimes, murder, rape, burglary etc, etc. which makes it seem a bit extreme to make junk faxing/e-mailing a felony. TIA -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message