For those of you with spam filtering software
Tags :Announcement
The FTC passed
the law about sexual content
in spam email. It is s shame you have to write a law against spam
instead of fighting it, but I guess the US Postal Service makes money with
spam mail everyday now don't they? Helps keep them afloat.
FTC Rules Internet
Spam Must Carry Label
By Associated Press
May 19, 2004
WASHINGTON - Sexually explicit
Internet spam must now carry a warning label.
A Federal Trade Commission rule went
into effect Wednesday requiring that unsolicited commercial e-mail that
contains sexually oriented material include the words "SEXUALLY EXPLICIT"
in the subject line.
The rule also bars graphic images from
appearing in the opening body of the message. Instead, the recipient must
take some action in order to see the objectionable material, either by
scrolling down in the e-mail or by clicking on a provided link.
So I am going to enable this in my spam
filters and see how much it starts stopping. Anyone want to make
a bet on statistics and tracking down the sender to fine them?
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On Thursday, May 20th, 2004 by Chris Miller
