I'm glad you asked. I was preparing a letter such as yours to go to the
FAQ maintainers' list
because I suspected that we are a target audience for the increasing volume
of junk mail.
Some junk mailers even tell me something like, "I was just reading your FAQ
and ..."
Since about the first of the year, I have been receiving steadily
increasing amounts of junk mail.
Examination of the headers suggests to me that some of the "jmail"
originates as a reply to my
FAQ. For instance:
>To: wolf@netheaven.com
>Subject: $$$ that all it take !!!
>X-Priority: Normal
>References: <model-rockets/addresses_852577565@rtfm.mit.edu>
><model-rockets/internet_852577565@rtfm.mit.edu>
>WARNING: Any and all junk mail sent to my address(es) will be returned to
>the postmaster of the offending site for inspection.
Nice try, but many of the bad guys forge their headers. I thought I had
one piece of junk mail
"positively identified" and complained to the host. I got this reply:
>I'm sorry, this message originated from the UU.NET domain, not from within
>VoiceNet's network.
> The VOICENET.COM header information is a forgery.
What to do? Someone sent me this bit of info, and I was wondering if
anyone has heard of this:
****
Unsolicited advertizing e-mail to any computer with an attached printer is a
violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1992 [TCPA]47 USC 227 and
FCC 47 CFR 64.1200. The illegal e-mailer owes the recipient of such e-mail $500
for each violation. This can and has been upheld by many courts across the
country.
Ditto for repeated junk phone calls after you ask them to stop. For more info
on fighting Junk Calls, email, and snailmail, contact Pricate Citizen Inc. at
1-800-CUT-JUNK.
****
If this is true, then great! But catching the offending parties is
difficult, and I suspect,
impossible for most of us.
Wolfram
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