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Snippets #46, Sunday, 26.Oct.2003 (ISSN 1530-9622)
_______________S N I P P E T S _________________________from James S. Huggins' Refrigerator Door ___________________________________#46, Sunday, 26.Oct.2003 _____________________________________________ISSN 1530-9622
__________0. CONTENTS _____1. Errors and Corrections _____2. Can Spam Bill _____3. Outlook 2003 and Spam _____4. Orgasmatron _____5. A Bit of Humor
__________1. ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS The last email of Snippets, #45, yesterday had an incorrect subject line. The subject said "#44" instead of "#45". (If you are filing these in Microsoft Outlook, you can edit the subject to correct that.)
__________2. CAN SPAM BILL On Wednesday, the Senate passed the Can Spam Act (S.877 introduced by Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) ). The law would: --- Prohibits incorrect header and routing information, --- Prohibit harvesting of email addresses from websites --- Prohibit deceptive and misleading subjects. --- Prohibit sending email to millions of randomly generated addresses --- Require contact information for company --- Require opt out information --- Allows domain wide opt out --- Require labeling of sexually explicit messages --- Encourages (but does not require) the FTC to set up a "Do Not Email" list While we all would like to see something done about spam, this law might not do as much as people would like. For example, it can't touch spammers who move offshore. The telemarketing law can work because telemarketers are primarily significant companies with significant assets. Spammers are horses of different colors. Also, the idea for a "Do Not Email" list could (if done wrong) make it possible for offshore spammers to obtain a list of valid email addresses direct from the government. This means that to be effective the government provide a way to check addresses against the list without actually providing the list. Some significant organizations see it as a good first step. Others see it as effectively providing a way for spammers to continue to operate legally.
The Law News Article on the Law News Article on the Law News Article on the Law News Article on the Law News Article on the Law Article on Problems of the Law Another Article on Issues SpamCon Foundation (working against Spam) CAUCE (working against Spam) CAUCE News Site (as of today, features concerns over the Can Spam Act) Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) Comments on Spam Laws
__________3. OUTLOOK 2003 and SPAM On the subject of Spam, this recent article discusses how Outlook 2003 (part of Office 2003 which hit the streets on 21.Oct) has improved, built-in spam filtering. I have not tried it myself, but it looks interesting How Outlook 2003 takes care of spam on its own
__________4. ORGASMATRON I'll let you read the details (if you are inclined). Orgasmatron Puts Tech in Sex
__________5. A BIT OF HUMOR How many Bill Gates does it take to change a light bulb? Microsoft and Changing Light Bulbs
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