[SLUG] annoying cert farms, privacy, and MY FARGIN e-mail address

From: Josh Tiner (jtiner@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2003 - 11:19:03 EDT

Ok Guys,

Something happened to me today by a local Tampa Bay certification farm
sending out e-mails to LOTS of people, hawking their "guaranteed to pass
courses" (and free classes), and simply put ALL the email addresses in
the TO: field of the e-mail. I just noticed this when I decided to stop
being lazy and send a reply back respectfully requesting to be removed
from all further mailings.

Shouldn't this behavior be illegal? It that list of e-mail addresses
were to fall in the wrong hands spammers would have a field day! Of
course, the company claims that I somehow "opted in" their e-mail
program and that's one thing, I certainly don't remember doing it
though. I doubt I would /intentionally/ - one thing is for sure, I made
it clear via telephone and via e-mail I'm "opting out".

There ought to be a law with stiff fines for this type of infraction!!!
E-mail will never be sacred!

-Josh Tiner

(p.s.: <joke> anyone want to buy some valid email addresses </joke> <--
this is the type of problem I'm talking about here people!)

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