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Re: quiet




Poster: Robert J Welenc <rjwelenc@erols.com>

>Poster: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>
>
>Aileen wrote:
>>
>>Lately my usual large amount of SCA-mail has been replaced with a large
>>amount of mundane spam (gak, spit).
>>Is it quiet everywhere, have the taverns closed, or have I come unconnected?
>
>It has been a little quiet here (except for a sudden interest in
>sekanjabin), and it seems the amount of spam hitting the net has increased
>by at least an order of magnitude. Nearly 70% of my email these days is
>spam, often repeats of the same on. So let me take a moment to suggest
>everyone check out the CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
>Email) web page at www.cauce.org. They are lobbying to ammend 47 USC 227,
>the law against junk faxes, to include computers.
>
>In service (to a spam free internet),
>Corun

It already does, if your computer is hooked up to a printer.  It's just
that it's rarely worthwhile trying to start a lawsuit against spammers.
(Or if I'm wrong and it IS worthwhile, let me know!)

Alanna
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