[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       politech
Subject:    FC: California attorney general is looking for a few noxious
From:       Declan McCullagh <declan () well ! com>
Date:       2002-07-31 5:17:11
[Download RAW message or body]

See related Politech message:

"Alleged spammer claims California anti-spam law is unconstitutional" 
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03114.html

---

Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:37:50 -0700
To: declan@well.com
From: dano <dano@well.com>
Subject: Calif AG going after Calif spammers?

http://caag.state.ca.us/_misc/content/spam.htm

---

    SPAM MAIL

    The Attorney General's Office is looking for examples of spam e-mails
    being sent to consumers in violation of California law, particularly
    from persons operating in California.
    While we have valuable leads from spam posted in various newsgroups
    and mailing lists, we would like to obtain certain examples directly
    from individuals who would be prepared to verify, in a written
    statement under oath, information about the spam they received.

      Please send your examples (as attachments, with all header
      information) to:
      caspam@cadoj.samspade.org.
      If you prefer to submit spam samples in printed form, you can
      download and print our complaint form for that purpose, available
      at:
      http://caag.state.ca.us/contact/unsolicited_email.pdf. If you are
      submitting spam on paper, please be sure to include all headers.

    The Attorney General's Office is looking for samples of spam that meet
    all of the following conditions:
     1. You are the recipient of the spam and you are a resident of
        California.
     2. The spam was delivered via servers located in California
        (sender's, recipient's or intermediary server will suffice).
     3. There is some indication that the spammer is operating in
        California, such as a California telephone number or address for
        orders. If you can identify the spammer and have information from
        other sources showing that the spammer is in California, that will
        also work.
     4. The spam fails to comply with the statutory restrictions. To
        comply, the unsolicited advertising emails' subject line must
        begin with "ADV:", the first text in the message must offer a
        toll-free number or functioning email address for removal of the
        recipient from further unsolicited emails, and that statement must
        be in a type size as large as most of the other text.

    [Note: The statute also makes it an offense to fail to honor a request
    for removal included as outlined above, and we would like to get
    evidence of specific instances of that involving California
    residents.]
    To view California law governing spam, see Section 17538.4 of the
    Business & Professions Code.




-------------------------------------------------------------------------
POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list
You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice.
To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html
This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/
Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]