[LINK] Re: The Spam Act

[Chirgwin, Richard]

> What is the situation related to a list, 
>like Link. If I send a posting 
>to Link and someone on Link thinks this 
>is Spam and they ask me to not 
>send me further email? I can not remove 
>them from Link, I can tell them 
>to remove themselves from  link but 
>they may not want to do that since 
>all Link postings, except mine, are 
>jewels. So where does that leave 
>me? Am I spamming them by continuing 
>to send to Link? Is this opening 
>up liability on list moderators/owners 
>and that they can now be liable 
>for inadvertent spamming?

<bush lawyer>

You aren't sending an e-mail to Richard Chirgwin; the Link system sends the
message. Since I have subscribed to the list, I have consented to have it
send messages to me. You are sending messages to Link at anu.edu.au. 

Exposure might exist where people use "reply to all" rather than only
replying to the list. But that exposure is to the individual, not to the
list owner (moderator, whatever).

What I hate most about spam is that it's brought about this legislation. I
don't like the intrusion. But I would only have the right to complain if I
had a better idea...

RC

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Bob Jansen
To: The Link Institute
Sent: 11/04/04 13:19
Subject: [LINK] Re: The Spam Act

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