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In article <rcook-0501982257020001@ppp07.bais.com>, 
rcook@dontspambais.com says...
> You are not paying to support their desire to speak.  The spammer pays for
> the priviledge to be connected to the internet, which allows them to send
> email wherever they like.  You pay to receive and send email.  You are not
> charged any extra because of the spam which you receive, normally,
> although I suppose in extreme cases this could happen.  

Extreme?  Hardly.

I travel frequently for work and have to download my email long-distance.  
I've got thousands of spams I've downloaded, many of which I did on the 
road at $.25 per minute.  Still think it doesn't cost me anything?  Last 
week I had to download 18 spams just to get 2 legitimate emails mixed in 
with them.

Dial-up access in foreign countries like the UK and other areas can still 
cost upwards of $.50 per minute.

> The other burden is the perceived invasion of privacy.  I assert that your
> mailbox is public. Just like your mail slot in your house, anyone who can
> lick a stamp and spell your address can send you junk mail.  

My company's fax number is public.  You can find it on our letterhead, 
business cards, etc.  Does that make us open to any advertisement someone 
wants to fax to me unsolicited?  No, it doesn't.  Because the recipient 
bears a financial cost -- even if it's a slight one -- to receive the 
advertisement.  Thats why junk faxing is illegal.

Hey, is your cellular phone number known publicly?  Tell you what, I'll 
call you up every day and pitch a new MLM/porno site/health vitamin every 
day for the next six months.  Hey, if you don't like it, you can just hit 
"END", right?

> However, to make spamming *illegal* would in my opinion be 
> Unconstitutional because the State has no right to mess around in this 
> issue.

I bet the people making $$$ junk faxing everyone were saying the same 
thing back before the TCPA passed.



Now, I have no idea how this whole thread started .... I just noticed it 
spilling over into news.admin.net-abuse.email.  So, whoever was looking 
for Mac Anti-spam software, if you're running Eudora you can read about 
my filter set (which catches about 90% of the SPAM I get) at 
http://www.erols.com/dtoombs/spam.htm

Hope it helps.



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