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

From: Josh Tiner (jtiner@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jul 12 2003 - 02:07:15 EDT


Ouch Levi!!!! You burned me on that one!

-jtiner

>-----Original Message-----
>From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net] On Behalf Of Levi
>Bard
>Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:04 PM
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] annoying cert farms, privacy, and MY FARGIN e-mail
>address
>
>> 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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