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Old 2003-07-19, 02:27 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Europe declares war on spam


Europe declares war on spam
Online July 16th 2003

The European Commission is preparing plans to fight spam. Member states of The European Union (EU) must implement the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications by putting a "ban on spam" into national legislation before the end of October, 2003, The Register reports.

With a limited exception covering existing customer relationships, this directive states that email marketing is allowed only with prior consent. This "opt-in" regime covers both email and SMS messages received on any mobile or fixed terminal. Member States can also ban unsolicited commercial e-mails to businesses.

It is estimated that before the end of the summer, more than 50 percent of global email traffic will be spam. As well as a complete waste of time, spam can cost companies money in wasted employee productivity and misused computer resources.

The EU cites estimates that spam cost EU-based businesses up to ? 2.5 billion in 2002, in the form of lost productivity and misused computer resources.
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Old 2003-07-19, 05:28 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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MY LORD, I DOTH THOUGH THINKEST WE SHOULD WAGE THE WARFRONT ON THIS DANGEROUS, "SPAM" INTERNET COMPUTER MACHINE AND HAVE A SPOT OF TEA afterwards, mate
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Old 2003-07-19, 05:48 PM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Meanwhile Bush nukes the popups.
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Old 2003-07-19, 06:26 PM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Someone needs to frag those telemarketers as well.
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Old 2003-07-19, 07:47 PM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Someone needs to frag those telemarketers as well.
dear god, yes!

I dont answer the phone anymore. Leave a message if you wanna talk to me, and if i wanna talk to you, ill call back.
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Old 2003-07-19, 07:51 PM   [Ignore Me] #7
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okay, here's what you do about telemarketers:

1. get that, "caller display" thing. record the number.

2. call them back EVERY five minutes, telling them that your old ISP is still working fine, that your car hasn't broken down, etc.

3. repeat this for one hour. they will never call you again.
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Old 2003-07-19, 08:01 PM   [Ignore Me] #8
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Hopefully the french don't participate in this "fight". The canned meat would kick there ass
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