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Dutch Court: Bothered by SPAM? Get A New Email Address

Posted by timothy on from the now-slap-yourself-with-this-shovel dept.

Brenno de Winter writes: "The earlier mentioned ruling on XS4ALL has been analyzed by Linux Journal in this article. The ruling states that it's easy to change e-mail addresses, so don't worry about SPAM too much. Yeah right! RFC's don't apply to the Direct Marketeers since they were not involved in the standarization. Neither in our consitution, btw .."

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  1. Drug Dealers... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are the drug dealers on your street harassing you?

    Don't fight, quit complaining, JUST MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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  2. Sounds fair to me. by acceleriter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could someone please post the email addresses of the judge(s) responsible? I understand that there is a great untapped market among Dutch jurists for at-home college degrees and penis enlargment machines, and these would be helpful to mining that.

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    1. Re:Sounds fair to me. by huberj · · Score: 3, Funny

      I believe this article on the penis enlargment lobby is relevant.

  3. Warning to all hotmail users! by YeeHaW_Jelte · · Score: 2, Funny

    All hotmail users complaining about spam will be executed summarily and on the spot. Non-hotmail emailers, proceed commenting.

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    "The chances of a demonic possession spreading are remote -- relax."
  4. Re:I hate spam by newestbob · · Score: 1, Funny
    I agree!

    In fact, last year, I removed my email address from my BUSINESS CARDS!

    If someone wants to contact me, they can call my admin.