On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 03:29:44 GMT, Imhotep <Imhotep@nospam.com> wrote:

>"Ryan Hamlin, head of Microsoft's Technology Care and Safety Group spoke out
>against New Zealand's proposed anti-spam legislation, warning that it could
>impinge on 'the amazing vehicle of e-mail marketing'.
>
>Anyone wonder why Microsoft is so hated?
>
>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?si...17258&from=rss

Hmmm.

According to Mr Hamlin (of M$):

"He says businesses ought to be able to send unsolicited e-mail to
people even if they are unsure if they have a pre-existing business
relationship with them."

"This is so long as they label their e-mail as advertising, for
example by inserting the code "ADV" at the start of the subject line,
or "participate in an approved self-regulatory programme based on
e-mail best practices". "

lol - what a crock.

Once again, it's a case of M$ dictating what it *thinks* is
appropriate for the rest of the world.

I agree with the NZ Communications Minister:

"Mr Cunliffe says Microsoft's proposed "opt out" approach is too weak
and has been rejected."

""We decided it's going to be opt-in. End of story. Why should you
have to opt out of spam?" "

Exactly.

Dazz

>Im