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Re: canned peach Unsubscription



On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 04:34:27AM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> The thing that struck me about this particular spam was that
> disclaimer thing saying that under some US law it couldn't be
> considered spam because it had a click-to-unsubscribe link. Surely
> that can't be true?

Indeed it isn't. "S.1618" isn't the name of a law, it's the name
of a *bill* introduced into the U.S. Senate (hence the "S.") in 1998.
The Senate approved the bill, but the House didn't, and so it never
became law. (Google for "S.1618" for more information.)

IANAL.

T



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