Legal Recourse Against Spammers You May Know?

xrepete asks: "I have been getting spammed by a legitimate company for the last five months. I have gone to their site to ask to be removed, and sent several e-mails to various address asking to be removed from their mailing list. I have been totally ignored. We all get spam from individuals we can't identify, but what recourse do we have if we actually _can_ identify them. I've heard that it is illegal for a company to not allow you to opt-out of marketing spam, but I can find any information about how to go about it." This was last touched on over three years ago, but recent events have shown that the new spam laws may have better teeth. Are there other things we can do to curb the e-mail abuses of the companies we do business with?

Comments

Re:c'mon

[xoboots]

Thanks for your reply, as insulting as it is.

I never implied that I follow dumb links or can't tell the difference between legit and illegitimate mail--you obviously think yourself a bit better than everyone else, despite the fact that you put your own words into other's mouths.

I continue to contest your made-up assumption that I and every other "individual" (as you say) who uses email has should have to deal with spam simply because you think it is trivial to do so.

By-the-way, your name calling doesn't particularly bother me -- you have to understand that just because YOU say something, that does not make it true. That goes for your original post and certainly for your remarks towards me.

Anyways, no need to aplogize as no offence is taken--I actually feel sympathy for you. Life is hard for those who are not mannered enough to act with civility towards others. You may not realize it, but the people online are as real as the people in your everyday life. I can only hope that offline you are not as egregious.

Re:Address

[RevAaron]

Yeah, and your mom is unscalable. Or at least, that's what your brother told me when it was my turn.

Anywho, thanks for the heads up Yuri- I've never seen this place or anything like it. I will certainly start using it- and even if only "half the places" (*which* places?) don't accept it, that's still half the spam.

werd.