MISC> take back your inbox
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:38:57 -0600
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From: "James Lerman" <pronto30@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 23:56:44 -0500
Hello All,
I am forwarding this message from an esteemed colleague in the hopes that you
will encourage others to contract their elected representatives to help rid us
of the spam plague.
The article mentioned is excellent, I read it today too.
Please forward this email to as many people as you can. (And yes, I am aware of
the irony of encouraging a kind of unsolicited
emailing in order to combat spam).
Yours sincerely,
Jim Lerman
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Take Back Your In-Box
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 15:18:24 -0400
From: Fred Bartels <Fred_Bartels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ISED-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
As a school technology coordinator I'm increasingly concerned by the
negative effects of spam emails on the educational use of email. These
effects include not only the degrading pornographic and scam content of
messages but the time and effort needed to filter and delete these
messages.
James Gleick, in an article titled "Tangled Up in Spam" in the New York
Times magazine (February 9th), makes a convincing case that spam can be
brought under control by relatively simple legislation. He points out
that junk faxes and unwanted telemarketing have been effectively
controlled through legislation.
According to Gleick, the European Parliament recently voted to adopt an
opt-in system. That is, in order to receive bulk junk email you need to
add your email address to a list of people who want to receive this stuff.
Another option is an opt-out system in which you need to add your email
address to a list of those not wanting to receive spam. This is how the
telemarketing block works in New York State.
Gleick recommends two additional simple measures.
1) Forging Internet headers should be made illegal. The system depends on
accurate information about senders and servers and relays; no one needs a
right to falsify this information.
2) Unsolicited bulk email should carry a mandatory tag. That alone would
put consumers back in control; all the complex technological challenge of
identifying the spam would vanish.
If you would like to take your in-box back please contact your Senators
and House Representative. I've included links to the Senate and House
contact pages below.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Thanks,
Fred Bartels
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Fred Bartels
Director of Information Technology
Rye Country Day School
914-925-4610
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