[SC-Help] Bill S.1618 TITLE III

[Jupiter]

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I'm probably jumping into this conversation late, so forgive me if I'm 
repeating anything, but I used to have to follow congressional legislation 
as part of my job

And NO, S1618 was NEVER passed. There would be no need to email the writer 
back, lol! No one who could have written this paragraph could not unaware 
that is false. I looks to me to be purposely written to mislead.

Also, I don't even think S1618 it was introduced in the 105th Congress but 
maybe the one before. Only one small section of that short bill made any 
reference to spam. And in no way would the bill have legitimized spam had 
it passed. Any spam arriving in your email box with instructions on how to 
be removed from the spammer's list would NOT magically turn itself into 
legitimate email. The email would simply be SPAM with instructions -- 
correct or incorrect -- on how to remove yourself from the spammer's list.

This paragraph completely misrepresents the content of that old bill. Not 
only did this bill never pass, but if I remember correctly, it never even 
was looked at -- or passed -- by any committee. It never attracted anyone's 
attention. No one took it seriously -- except maybe the legislator who 
wrote it.

S1618 is now DEAD since it was not passed in the session of Congress in 
which it was introduced. It is now dead as a doorknob and only half as 
useful. In fact, if you looked up any bill now called S1618, it probably be 
an entirely different bill, as the Senate starts from S1 at the beginning 
of each new two-year session.

Other versions of this paragraph claim that the email message "complies" 
with S1618. So what? No unpassed bill has any force of law. It's like 
complying with Chapter 10 of Astrology for Dummies.

I could go on and on ... Other versions of this paragraph claims the email 
in compliance with a bill with a number that begins with a "B." No bill in 
Congress would ever start with a "B." And of course, Congress does not 
write laws that the whole world must comply with, although not all of its 
members are aware of this.

The only legitimate use for the "S1618" is as a filter. Set up your email 
program to pick up this reference so that it filters any email that 
includes this and send it directly to your trash.

The only thing that keeps me from completely curling my lip is that I know 
of at least one moderator of some very legitimate truly "opt-in" list who 
put this language at the bottom of all list email. But she took it off 
after I got overexcited and lectured her on its stupidity. Some one could 
actually believe this slop and put it at the end of their emails out of 
sincerity.






> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > You've all seen spam with the trailer: "Under Bill S.1618 TITLE III passed
>by the 105th U.S. Congress this message can't be considered Spam as long as
>I include a way to be removed."  The part I love is that 1: I don't think it
>ever became law (did it?), and 2: any US law could only apply in the US (not
>where all the rest of us live).  I just wish I could email the sender back
>and help them understand a little basic geography and political science.

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