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Re^2: Spam revenge

by Aristotle (Chancellor)

on Sep 04, 2002 at 02:09 UTC ( [id://194966]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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In fact, UCE is illegal in many countries; I'm not sure about its status in the US, but I think I heard that it is there as well. It has been banned by law in Germany a long time ago, although that has of course not decreased the amount of foreign spam. Even not given those laws though I don't see how UCE bouncing could ever be construed as illegal.

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Re: Re^2: Spam revenge
by zaimoni (Beadle) on Sep 04, 2002 at 15:12 UTC

UCE is legal in the U.S. with the condition that a functional opt-out URL be provided in all instances of the UCE. (Such a URL is an email validator, alas. This actually makes things easier for UCE specialists, since there is no particular requirement to remove the email address from other email lists.)

However, the Federal law explicitly legalizing UCE is fairly recent (late 2001?). Violations are the domain of the U.S. FTC.

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