[Am-info] Microsoft Slap Major Spam Ring With Lawsuits

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:41:37 +0000, Roy Bixler wrote:

>On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:47:19AM -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
>> Fred Miller wrote:
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>> Everybody hates spam, but it's not spread because of flaws or defects in
>> Windows.  In coming out against spam, it looks like Microsoft is fighting virus
>> propagation, which, of course, it is not.
>
>That may be, but it would be a side effect.  The real intention would
>still be to create an environment where "legitimate" spam is
>acceptable.  Why else would Microsoft and others lobby Congress so
>hard to pass the YOU-CAN-SPAM act?
>
>R.

You're so right, but what I find even more unconscionable is that they
will push to make "opt-in" the default.

Erick Andrews