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Archive-name: net-abuse-faq/email-abuse
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Last-modified: June 25, 1998
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Copyright: (c) 1996-1998 WD Baseley
Maintainer: emailfaq@aol.com (WD Baseley) |
| Some of the MMF senders will say, This isnt one of those illegal
get-rich-quick schemes. No, this is multi-level marketing, and
perfectly legal. However, many MLM schemes are little more than
illegal pyramid schemes with a fancy name to confuse the unwitting.
Particularly popular recently are Work at Home! schemes. Whether
or not the offer is legal is not important to this FAQ; MLM is
commercial email, so go ahead and complain. |
| This FAQ is about abuse *of* email, such as mailbombs, unsolicited
commercial email and unsolicited bulk email. It is not about abuse
*using* email, such as harassment or other forms of abuse carried on
using e-mail or other forms of electronic communication. It should
be regarded as a work-in-progress; contact the current maintainer
of this FAQ for an up-to-date copy. |
| Once again, taken by itself, bulk email is not necessarily abuse of
the email system. For example, there are legitimate mailing lists,
some with hundreds or thousands of willing recipients. |
| - filling out a web form which explicitly mentions email:
fill this out to get email about foo
fill this out to get on the mailing list about foo
check this box to get on the foo mailing list |
