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Do-Not-Email Registries?

Posted by michael on from the you-have-already-opted-in dept.

prgrmr writes "Wired has an article about Colorodo and Missouri's latest legislative proposals to deal with spam and with spammers. There appears to be actual consumer-protective teeth in these bills which mirror the telephone 'do not call' lists. A nice example of a government perpetuating a working concept instead of trying inventing new ways to break things."

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  1. fp by Yablo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    fr1st ps0t

  2. do not call lists. by garcia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    great, so I am on the "fine" state of MN's "do not call list". Instead of 5 phone calls a day from asshole telemarketers, I get 5 phone calls a day from "market research" people.

    I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the telemarketers switched from that to market-research.

    Just as annoying, same thing, but legal.

    Are no emails going to take care of ALL email that is un-wanted or just bullshit Viagra spam?

  3. test by cscx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is this thread broken?