From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e87c7ceb455db17c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-25 10:01:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: chris User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031014 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Solid facts to promote Ada References: <3f973ff2_2@news.tm.net.my> <3f98e741_1@news.tm.net.my> <3f99f003_2@news.tm.net.my> <8oSdnWHk7fcOFQeiRVn-hg@gbronline.com> In-Reply-To: <8oSdnWHk7fcOFQeiRVn-hg@gbronline.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:07:35 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.98.236.129 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net 1067101267 81.98.236.129 (Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:01:07 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:01:07 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1667 Date: 2003-10-25T18:07:35+01:00 List-Id: 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