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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Henrik Brameus <blondino () gmail com>
Reply-To: Henrik Brameus <blondino () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:16:41 +0100
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] This is a list of Domain Names to which marketers may not
send unsolicited e-mail

Dave,

I do not normally post to your list, but I always read it eagerly. Now
hoewever I see this FCC announcement and I instinctively have a few
reactions.

The first one is that it's a praise worthy initiative, but I wonder
why only wireless subscribers should have the right not to be spammed.
If it is because they pay for their messages, then so do I on my email
with monthly fees, harddisk spae and processor cycles. Admittedly less
than a Cingular customer does, but still.

The second thought is that if this is now illegal, under whos
jurisdiction is this, and how will they deal with all the companies
that will suddenly pop up in countries where there is very little
chance of US authorites reaching you. Besides, current spam
legislation has proved quite ineffective even in the USA itself.

And the third is that for companes in these countries these lists are
the perfect start for a dictionary attack to make sure that you cover
as many possible email addresses as possible. Especially since many
phones are also reachable using the phone number that should be easy.

Once again this only proves to me that the people making the rules
about modern information technology have very little idea about the
real problem and hence make rules that will probably just silence the
persons who scream that nothing is done to stop this.

I would much rather see tougher legislation on unsollicited
communications and a legal system that can effectively enforce those
rules.

Henrik Brameus

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:12:40 -0500, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> This is a list of Domain Names to which  marketers may not send unsolicited
> e-mail because the messages go to wireless  devices, including cell phones
> and pagers. These  names were provided by wireless providers to protect
> their customers. 
>
> -- This is not a list of spammers --
>
> The purpose of the domain name registry is to protect cellular and other
> commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) wireless consumers from unwanted
> commercial electronic mail messages, by identifying, for those who send
> commercial electronic mail messages, Internet domain names used to transmit
> electronic messages to CMRS consumers. For more information, click on the
> CAN-SPAM link on the left side of this page.
>
> Domain Names were posted on 02-07-2005
>
> Download the latest Domain Names in Text or XML format. Be advised that
> doing a left-click on the below links will open the files in the web
> browser. To download the files, right-click  on the link and select
> "Save..." from the pop-up box. Files can be named as desired, but they must
> have the ".txt" or ".xml" extension.  Each file contains the Posted Date and
> Domain Name and are sorted by the most recent Posted Date, then by Domain
> Name. In the text file, the Posted Date and Domain Name are separated by the
> cone symbol ("^").
>
> See second item on www.fcc.gov

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