[at-l] spamplace.com.... Fwd: Appalachian Trail

[bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

At 11:57 PM 4/15/2003 -0400, KellyGoVols@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/15/2003 9:00:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>bullard@northnet.org writes:
>
>>in fact I heard today that AOL is suing some
>>mass mail offenders for millions on the basis of abusing the web.
>
>
>In addition to the above, Isn't there some kind of law requiring
>advertisers to add a "removal" option somewhere in the ads?  I'm so sick
>of getting emails telling me about products that will make my shwang
>bigger or where to go for live, naked sorority girls.  At least they could
>do is try and sell me a product to make my boobs bigger and ads that will
>tell me where I can see Felix nekkid.  You know?
>
>Kelly

What, you don't get the bigger boobs ones?

Yes, there is a Federal law requiring that the email contain a link or
other instructions for getting removed from the list. I responded to the
"orders@spamplace" address on both copies I received noting that the
messages were unwelcome spam. When replying to the second copy I commented
that a second copy was not likely to make me more inclined to buy the book.
That got a response from the "admin" as follows: "No, your address was
listed twice and our program failed to catch it. Both have been removed
from our database. Happy trails!". This suggests to me that he did not
compile the list himself from AT-L. Had he done so he would probably not
have have picked up duplicate addresses.

Saunterer