This quaint text was included on top of a spam message I received today (To see the full message with headers click on "more" link on the bottom of this entry.).

LEGAL NOTICE: Pursuant to the requirements of 47 USC Sec. 227 b(2)(B)(ii)(I), and related FCC regulations, this message is *not* an unsolicited email (UCE). This message is the product of a consensual, pre-existing and ongoing relationship between sender and recipient. Attempts to intercept this message are in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2511(1) of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which subject the interceptor to fines, imprisonment and/or civil damages.
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Okay, my friend, you picked the wrong gal to spam..

1. "This newsletter is a supplement you subscribed to". - Two lies right there...
   
   • (a) I don't define newsletter as a one-time mailing about a crappy product.
   
   
   • (b) I know what I subscribe to.. this isn't it.
   
   
2. Remove me link: hm, you need my fulll name to remove me from your spam list? I don't think so.. If I was stupid enough to provide this information on your site I'm pretty sure it will just become a commodity - valid email address AND a name! Nice try.


3. Title 47, Sec 227 b(2) reads:
   Regulations; exemptions and other provisions The Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement the requirements of this subsection. In implementing the requirements of this subsection, the Commission -
   
   (A) shall consider prescribing regulations to allow businesses to avoid receiving calls made using an artificial or prerecorded voice to which they have not given their prior express consent;
   
   (B) may, by rule or order, exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, subject to such conditions as the Commission may prescribe -
   
   (i) calls that are not made for a commercial purpose; and
   
   (ii) such classes or categories of calls made for commercial purposes as the Commission determines
   
   (I) will not adversely affect the privacy rights that this section is intended to protect; and
   
   (II) do not include the transmission of any unsolicited advertisement; and
   
   (C) may, by rule or order, exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1)(A)(iii) of this subsection calls to a telephone number assigned to a cellular telephone service that are not charged to the called party, subject to such conditions as the Commission may prescribe as necessary in the interest of the privacy rights this section is intended to protect.
   

Do I even have to say it? Title 47: "Telegraphs, telephones and radiotelegraphs"




1. Does not apply to the Internet, you spammed me via e-mail


2. Is meant to protect consumers from unsolicited contact by people like you


3. Does not define what unsolicited email is or is not, since it has nothing to do with email


4. This message is not a product of a pre-existing ongoing relationship between us (I'm not that desperate for a relationship, thanks for asking). However, by sending me this lovely piece of junk you have pissed me off enough to formulate a new, ongoing relationship in which I will make sure you will lose some things.. like your Internet access.. your website and any other thing I may find while tracking you down.. good luck.

I hate spammers, but what I hate even more are stupid spammers that try to tell me that not only do they have the right to spam me, but put *Legal threats* (unfounded as they may be) in their message.

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LEGAL NOTICE: Pursuant to the requirements of 47 USC Sec. 227
b(2)(B)(ii)(I), and related FCC regulations, this message is *not* an
unsolicited email (UCE). This message is the product of a consensual,
pre-existing and ongoing relationship between sender and recipient.
Attempts to intercept this message are in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2511(1) of
the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which subject the
interceptor to fines, imprisonment and/or civil damages.


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