> 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!
My opinion: it's YOUR fault for giving them your email address in the
first place. :P
Levi
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