[thelist] Is this spam or not?

[Donna Jones]

Here's a site I just found that looks good.
http://www.cauce.org/legislation/s1618_hr3888.shtml  
These folks thought it was a bad idea.

It looks like it was in fact legislation that was considered but that
got killed.  Not totally sure if that's the last word on it or not
though.

Donna



George Dillon wrote:
> 
> I received some Spam today which I consider Spam, but which bore the
> following footnote:
> 
> "Under Bill s.1618 Title III passed by 105th U. S. Congress this mail can
> not be considered Spam as long as we include contact information
> and a remove link for removal from our mailing list. To be removed from our
> mailing list reply with remove in the subject heading. "
> 
> According to this Spam, I have now broken U.S. law by considering the
> aforementioned Spam to be Spam.  Or have I?  Is there such a law?  Not that
> I give 2 hoots about breaking U.S. laws, but I'm rather curious.
> 
> George Dillon
> 
> FWIW. The Spam was from 'a140497 AT infovia.com.ar' (KWIM) and it was about
> how to avoid radiation from cell phones.
> 
> BTW. Did I mention that it was Spam?
> 
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> 
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> 
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