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chris wrote:
> Wes Groleau wrote:
> 
>>
>> The Senate bill is stupid.  They must give you
>> a working way to opt out?  Ha!!  So they use
>> that method to collect addresses which they
>> sell to the next spammer.  Just like they are
>> doing now.
> 
> 
> Exactly.  That's why it should be changed to opt in, like here in 
> Europe!!!  So they can take these people to task!  I don't believe the 
> US "opt out" list will do anything (it's a list of email addresses 
> similar to the new "don't phone" list).  Heck!!!  Even the FTC chairman 
> thinks it's a waste of time...
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33556.html
> 
> 

Agree. The governments should give spammers hard time.
-- 
Adrian Hoe
m a i l b o x AT a d r i a n h o e . c o m