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Re: Spamcop Blocks Facebook?


From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:25:15 -0500

On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 03:16:25PM -0400, jim deleskie wrote:
If I leave all boxes checked to send mail/notices/app requests to
everyone in my list, or if I give FB my gmail password to pull all my
contacts and send them an invite, its pure @ my request, sure FB is
happy I do it, but it is no way spam. 

This is dead wrong.  You're not authorized to solicit bulk email on behalf
of third parties: only they are.  In the absence of solicitation from
the *recipients*, bulk email is spam -- by definition.

---Rsk



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