RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Spam bill?

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

It was a bill in 1998 that didn't pass:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,13080,00.html
http://home.pacbell.net/nicnic/lart.htm
http://www.cdmcpcs.com/Resources/web/spam.shtml

Anyway, why is a bill that didn't make it 1998 showing up in 2002 spam all
of a sudden?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hargus, Duane [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:59 AM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Spam bill?
> 
> 
> > Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Spam bill?
> > 
> > 
> > I've noticed a growing number of spam emails being sent "in 
> > full compliance
> > with U.S. Senate Bill 1618, Title #3, Section 301", with a 
> > removal link at
> > the bottom which NEVER works.  I'm wondering if anyone else 
> > has noticed this
> > and felt like hearing other people complain about such a 
> > ludicrous bill that
> > would allow spam with so little accountability.
> 
> I have read where this is just a scam.
> To my knowledge, these are the only bills that had to do with 
> SPAM, and mone
> were ever passed
> 
> 107th Congress:
> Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Act of 2001 (H.R. 95) 
> Wireless Telephone Spam Protection Act (H.R. 113) 
> Anti-Spamming Act of 2001 (H.R. 718) 
> Anti-Spamming Act of 2001 (H.R. 1017) 
> Who Is E-Mailing Our Kids Act (H.R. 1846) 
> Protect Children From E-Mail Smut Act of 2001 (H.R.  2472) 
> Netizens Protection Act of 2001 (H.R. 3146) 
> "CAN SPAM" Act of 2001 (S. 630) 
>  106th Congress:
> Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act of 2000 (H.R. 3113) 
> "CAN SPAM" Act of 2000 (S. 2542) 
> Can Spam Act (H.R. 2162) 
> E-Mail User Protection Act (H.R. 1910) 
> Inbox Privacy Act of 1999 (S. 759) 
> Internet Freedom Act (H.R. 1686) 
> Internet Growth and Development Act of 1999 (H.R. 1685) 
> Netizens Protection Act of 1999 (H.R. 3024) 
> Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 1999 (H.R. 612) 
> Telemarketing Fraud and Seniors Protection Act (S. 699) 
> Wireless Telephone Spam Protection Act (H.R. 5300) 
> 
> 
> Duane Hargus
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