Re: ddtp: new notifications mails, opt-in or opt-out?
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 06:42:18PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously David Starner wrote:
> > Oh, really? Where? It's hardly commerical, and it's directly related to
> > your interest in the project. I seriously doubt anyone has outlawed it.
>
> * I never asked for them
> * when I signed up as a developer they did not exist
> * there was no wide consensus or agreement to start them since then
> * I never asked to receive them
> * they do not give me any useful information
>
> I'ld say they qualify as spam.
But would the laws of a country classify them as spam? Most laws talk
about commerical email; it's very hard to make a good legal definition
for personal spam without stepping on freedom of speech.
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