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Though I can't (nor do I want to) refute your definition of spam, I feel
that in this situation -- Lugnet being the 'friendliest place on the web' --
a little patience is in order.
Is spam bad? Yes. Are unsolicited phone calls bad? Yes. Am I adamant
against both? Yes. I'm still a bit forgiving when I get a reputable Lugnut
wanting to sell me Lego.
That's all I really have to say on this subject, I'll save bashing both spam
and telemarketers and the privacy rights behind them for a rainy day. Wait,
it is a rainy day - isn't it Eric ;-) Its a busy rainy day though...
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Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
news:G1IE68.K21@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> > "Andreas Stabno" <stabno@megsinet.net> wrote in message
> > news:G1GECG.5qK@lugnet.com...
>
> > I don't think its SPAM in the sense of the icky bulk unsolicited trash • that
> > shady online businesses are selling.
>
> In my professional opinion, it is definitely Unsolicited Commercial Email
> (UCE), which is definitely SPAM.
>
> Before you ask, yes, there was a time when a major ISP payed me to • determine
> things like this.
>
> > Its Lego, from an IMO reliable source
> > [1].
>
> Doesn't matter the source, the fact is that at least one of his recipients
> didn't want the mail. It's just that simple.
>
> > I think that Andreas deserves a little slack and a little credit for
> > being willing in the first place to remove anyone from the list.
>
> Why? Are you really suggesting that he deserves credit for being willing • not
> to be a pest? The willingness to remove someone from his list is merely • the
> default proper behaviour, assuming the person wanted to be on his list in • the
> first place. There's no credit to be given there.
>
> What Andreas did is against the Terms of Service (ToS) of any reputable • ISP.
> He might not get ToSsed (that is, have his account terminated for • violating
> ToS) over a single complaint, but if Sproat were to complain, and someone • else
> were to complain, etc etc etc, he would probably get canned eventually for
> doing what he's doing. Assuming, as I said, Andreas is signed up to a
> reputable ISP.
>
> eric
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