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The Rules of Spam

Rule #1: Spammers lie.
Rule #2: If a spammer seems to be telling the truth, see Rule #1.
The Rules of Spam

The Boulder Pledge

Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited email message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community.
Roger Ebert, The Boulder Pledge [1]

Judge Graham

There is no constitutional requirement that the incremental cost of sending massive quantities of unsolicited advertisements must be borne by the recipients.
Judge Graham, Compuserve vs. Cyber Promotions

US Supreme Court

Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen to or view any unwanted communication, whatever its merit… We therefore categorically reject the argument that a vendor has a right under the Constitution or otherwise to send unwanted material into the home of another.
ROWAN v. U.S. POST OFFICE, USC, 397 U.S. 728

Jim Nitchals

Speech is not free when it comes postage due.
Jim Nitchals

Bill Gates

The "free" distribution of unwelcome or misleading messages to thousands of people is an annoying and sometimes destructive use of the Internet's unprecedented efficiency.
Bill Gates, New York Times, 1998

Marc Berejka

AOL and Microsoft argue there is a place for legitimate unsolicited e-mail in the marketplace.
Marc Berejka, Microsoft senior director of public policy, Mercury News

Proverbs 26:6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:6

Thanks to Karl A. Krueger for spotting this.