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Virginia Arrests Man For Spamming
volpe writes "According to this Yahoo news story, Virginia arrested a North Carolina man for spamming in violation of a new state law. He was arrested Thursday afternoon in Raleigh, NC. The story is pretty fresh, so the news details are still pretty thin."
I dont get what all of the fuss is about, I have had the same email account for 5 years and have never had an issue with spam. What are you people doing that spam is such a big issue for you?
your right though, only a change in protocol will stop spammers, making laws in the us will just mean that spammers route mail through non us servers.
Selling software wont make you money, selling a service will.
ok, I know many people here would like to lynch these spammers. But 20 years in jail?
I think most murderers and rapists get less time than that. Aren't we getting a little carried away here?
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The most interesting thing about spam is that it's not very effective. Legitimate, opt-in email marketing opens you up to much better responses. At our company New Media Worx, we help people send email to opt-in lists they make themselves (i.e. not rented lists), which usually result in 10-50% click-through rates, as opposed to spam, which tends to get 0.2% for a really successful campaign.
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Your speech should be censored too, by your rules. I'm offended by it, so it should be shut down.Either you have free speech, or you don't. If we were to listen to you, all "politically incorrect" thought would be illegal.
So, shut your face, you big disgrace.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!