SPAM...Re: [Top 10 positions. GUARANTEED!]

[Rebecca Giovannini <giovareb@netscape.net>]

Hello,

This is a spam.

The Bill requires:
(cf. http://techlawjournal.com/congress/slamspam/s1618es.htm)
- a physical address
- a telephone number (a real one...)

On the other side, Earthlink forbids any form of unsollicited commercial or
bulk email in its Acceptable Use Policy, independently from the Bill... (cf.
http://www.earthlink.net/about/policies/aupolicy.html)

Apart from that, for those of you who still reply to those emails with the
"remove" or else, chances are the only thing you are really doing is
confirming that your email is valid, and thus adding value to your email
address...

What you can do is "reply" to the email, making sure to 
1. select "show details" or something like that to show all the techie details
on who sent it when and how, etc.
2. replace the name of the sender by abuse (i.e. asapinfo12@earthlink.net
becomes abuse@earthlink.net). Before you send it, go to 3.
3. Check on the website (i.e. www.earthlink.net) that they are a "honest"
website. If not, just delete the email and forget about it.
4. Example of what the domain admin needs to act under
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/privacy/privacy-04.html

Hope this helps...

Cheers,
Rebecca

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asapinfo12@earthlink.net wrote:
> You pay only after results are shown to you. How about that!?
> 
> We can list your website in all major Search Engines and achieve 
> Top 10 positions. GUARANTEED! 
> 
> If people cannot find your business in the first 
> 30 matches of a search, then submitting was a waste of time,
> money and hope.
> 
> Search engine positioning is the most cost effective way 
> of promoting your Website.
> 
> We key on the following major search engines:
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> and Canada
> 
> Let us start launching your pages to the top of the search 
> results today!
> 
> Top 10 positions. GUARANTEED! 
> 
> 
> Pay on Performance. You pay only after we show you the results.
> 
> You choose how many search engines you want and we take your 
> website to the TOP. As simple as that!!!
> 
> For more information email us at:loginginfo@earthlink.net 
> with this subject: Send me more information 
> 
> 
> Or call:
> 
> Evelyn Navar
> 1-718-583-1771
> 
> Monday-Friday 11AM to 7PM Eastern Time
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> Under Bill s.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress 
> this letter cannot be considered "spam" as long as we include: 
> 1) contact information (see above); and, 
> 2) the way to be removed from future mailings (see below). 
> 
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