17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
At 06:09 PM 8/20/96 -0700, Rich Graves wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Vipul Ved Prakash wrote:
I don't know if there has been much discussion on the ethics of spamming here? Is spamming free speech?
Yes.
No.
[snip] Freedom of Speech includes freedom FROM speech. IOW, if it starts infringing on your rights, then it stops. Spam is unsolicited, commercial email, and it could possibly be argued that just as the spammer has the right to say whatever it is that he wants, we also have the right not to get his email. This can also get very convoluted. Besides that, it's just impolite. Alex F =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alex F alexf@iss.net Marketing Specialist Internet Security Systems =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-