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By Pam Wegmann
If you have an e-mail
address, you are plagued with them. Every time you open your in-box,
there it is, vying for your attention amid the ‘real’ mail. It’s
spam, of course. Spam is the nickname for Unsolicited Commercial
E-Mail or UCE. The longer you have had an email address, the more you will
get. To learn more about spam, how it gets to you, and what you can
do about it, go to:
www.spamcop.com
This is a plain,
content only, graphics voided site, but one that is quite useful for learning
about the origins of spam, your rights, and what you should and should
not do about it. A few of the links are broken, but the site is still worth
visiting.
The site is really
just a compilation of links to other spam-related sites. Therefore,
you can use it as a gateway to other sources of knowledge on the subject.
The main areas of
the site are listed as four links at the top: Websites,
Surveys, Opt-in
E-Mail Companies, and Newsgroups. Clicking on these really doesn’t do much
other than re-display the same page again. So scroll down the home
page to peruse the links.
There’s a Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) link that provides basic information on spam: what
it is, how it gets to you, why it’s bad, and what not to do about it.
On the government
side, there are two links. One is to the federal government Computer Incident
Advisory Center agency. Among other advice, this site says that despite
spam notices to respond with “Remove” in the subject line to get off their
list, do not send “Remove” messages. These remove messages just validate
your e-mail address for future spammings. The other link is to Spamlaws.com
that provides the actual text of federal and state statutory law regarding
spam.
A link to Spam Motel
lets you generate multiple addresses so you can tell who is selling your
address.
Click on the Spamhaus
Project link to find out who’s behind your spam and to see a list of the
Top 10 ISP spam supporters who actively supporting and facilitating spammers
for profit.
Lastly, Hormel has
been a good sport in all of this. You can follow the Hormel & Spam
link to see what the Hormel Company has to say on the subject.
Knowledge is Power!
:-)
June 2001
Questions/Comments
can be sent to pam@info-matters.com
or faxed to 504.738.0016. You can also reach Ms. Wegmann at 504.738.0070.
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