Tag Archives: spam

Wah

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Let’s through a big ol’ pity party for the schmucks who annoy the hell out of millions of Americans with unsolicited phone calls. I hope they go broke paying their lawyers. People like this shouldn’t breed. Better enforcement of anti-prostitution laws would put millions out of work, but nobody’s suing on the behalf of whores.

Telemarketers Sue Over Do-Not-Call List
By DAVID HO

"WASHINGTON – Telemarketers expanded their legal challenge to the government’s do-not-call list, suing a second federal agency over the call-blocking service for consumers that the industry says will devastate business and cost up to two million jobs."

Dev/Null

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It’s a bit bucket for spam! 🙂

Mailinator

“Have you ever needed an email .. NOW? Have you ever gone to a website that asks for your email for no reason (other than they are going to sell your email address to the highest bidder so you get spammed for ever (and ever (and ever)))?”

Telemarketing’s Sneakier Cousin

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Count me in for supporting this.

Study: Do-not-spam plan winning support
By Lisa M. Bowman

"Americans overwhelmingly support a do-not-spam list, according to a new study released Wednesday by privacy consultant and antispam software seller ePrivacy Group."

While these blowhards are fighting amongst themselves, my inbox is flooding with offers for cheap Viagra and Nigerian scams.

Spam fight divides on party lines
By Declan McCullagh

"Once thoroughly bipartisan, the debate in Washington over how to reduce the flow of bulk e-mail is now pitting Democrats against Republicans–a development that threatens to complicate enactment of laws regulating spam."

Freedom From Spam

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“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance”

I’m happy to say that the amount of spam actually reaching my inbox has dramatically dropped since I started using Spamcop a year or so ago. The irony thing is that I still need to take time every couple of days to clear out spam. If I don’t report held spam within three days of receiving it, complaints won’t be sent to the offending ISPs. I also have to check for the occasional piece of non-spam that gets quarantined. The point is, spam can be dealt with sanely, but at the price of some time and patience.

More on the “Eternal Vigilence” Quote

This popular phrase has been attributed to both Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, but it appears to have been adapted from a statement made by John Philpot Curran, Lord Mayor of Dublin

“The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.” Speech before the Privy Council, 10 July 1790; in The Speeches of the Right Honorable John Philpot Curran, ed. Thomas Davis (1847), pp. 94-95.

If I Wanted Email From You, I’d Ask For It!

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I wish Pennsylvania would follow Virginia’s lead on this.

Virginia threatens spammers with jail time

“RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Internet mavens who clog computers with massive volumes of unsolicited e-mail pitches now risk landing in prison and losing their riches under a tough Virginia law signed Tuesday. “

Spam E-Mail Problem Worse Than Imagined
By DAVID HO

“WASHINGTON – The volume of junk e-mail has reached a critical threshold that requires swift action to protect the Internet correspondence millions of people take for granted, regulators said Friday at the end of a three-day forum on ‘spam.'”

Finding Solution to Secret World of Spam
By SAUL HANSELL

“WASHINGTON, May 2 – There probably isn’t a ‘Wendy’ behind the e-mail offering a way to ‘lose 30 pounds in 30 days.’ And it seems unlikely that the real vendor of the ‘Iraqi most-wanted playing cards’ is really named ‘Doc Holiday.'”

Marketers unite to cook spam’s goose
By Stefanie Olsen

“A group of digital marketers is pushing a new antispam system aimed at saving the lucrative e-mail advertising industry.”