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--- From: "Robert Helmer" <roberthelmer@earthlink.net> To: <declan@well.com> Subject: Missouri Attorney General Launches No Spam List Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:13:01 -0600 Declan, you'll like this. The St. Louis Post_Dispatch is today reporting the plan of our Missouri Attorney General to create a statewide spam opt out list. As the Post says: "Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon and two legislators announced a plan to make unwanted e-mails -- known as spam -- illegal in the same way that the state already has put a stop to millions of unwanted telephone calls: through a No-Call Law. "The anti-spam law would ban unsolicited electronic mail for the purpose of encouraging the purchase, rental or investment in property, goods or services. Exempted would be responses to someone else's e-mail and e-mail from someone with whom you have an on-going business relationship. "Missourians would put their e-mail address on an anti-spam list kept by Nixon's office. The attorney general already operates the No-Call list. "Violators could be fined $5,000." http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/3DA2D7BFF012BA9086256C7E006CDB67?OpenDocument&Headline=Plan+would+make+'spam'+illegal Hmmmm.... anyone want to take bets on the efficacy of the plan? Bob Helmer Daily Rotation (Headlines from 175+ Tech Sites) http://www.dailyrotation.com Shell Extension City (Cutting Edge Software) http://www.shellcity.net Project Geek (Web Hosting) http://www.projectgeek.net St. Louis, Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------