[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] GRIPE

[J. Forster]

But, it's OK for YOU to fill everybody else's inbox with your spam?

-John

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> Well filling my in box with SPAM that I did not order, and apparently hit
> reply all to a cross posted list mail when I should not have, is NOT the
> way
> to operate a list and there are specific rules against signing people up
> on
> mailing lists without their knowledge. And if you want to see bedlam, then
> take away those rules and watch your email box go to mega-overload. Some
> order is required in this world of commercial and private entities that
> would take advantage of anything.
>
> While personal freedom and less regulation is high on my list also, in
> this
> case regulation is good - it is there already for a good reason and we
> should use it.
>
> There are rules against ratchet dialed auto dialed Marketing calls and opt
> out regulations. How would you like to get a high volume of marketing
> calls
> on all of your phones day and night?
>
> There are rules against SPAM mailing list signups and opt out..
>
> Try taking those two rules away and see what happens. Your computer and
> your
> phone would be useless.
>
> All of this theoretical freedom is wonderful, but in this world of
> a..holes,
> it is totally impractical...  We need to be realistic here.  and we need
> to
> use the list to get this changed.
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Cromwell
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 6:24 AM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] GRIPE
>
> On 09/27/2013 03:51 AM, Robert Moses wrote:
>> The CAN SPAM act addresses just this sort of problem. Perhaps a
>> complaint to the appropriate agency (FTC, FCC, or whoever) will get
>> the site operator to follow customary policies on not adding people to
>> the mailing list without their permission and not providing an opt out
>> link on each e-mail sent out by the list as is required by law.
>>
>>
> Oh right!
>
> Those guys made a post to the list to start the whole process. So then
> they
> wanna holler abuse? We should take them to court in a countersuit for
> posting their spam to the list in the first place. Do you really
> *WANT* more federal regulation? What about all the spelling errors. Is
> that
> going to be next?
>
> Come on now get real. Nobody is trying to spam anybody here. Maybe about
> time to just let this dog go back to sleep and get back to boat anchors
> and
> ARC5ers.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
>
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