spam

Q: Dear Ken: Is there any feasible way that a National “do not spam” list could be created? – Bobby
A: In a world where rules are created, they are only effective if the participants abide by the rules. In the case of the National Do Not Call list, the companies that are required to play [...]

Don’t you hate it when you have to use your e-mail address for something trivial online? I understand the need to provide your e-mail address for the creation of certain accounts, but some of the things that ask for your e-mail address only need to use it once and may end up spamming you with [...]

There are people who try to say that e-mail is a dying form of communication, and with the amount of spam that we’re seeing, it’s easy to understand why there are concerns about that. Other more advanced methods of content delivery have seen the light of day in recent years, but many of us still [...]

I don’t know how your e-mail inbox is doing, but mine seems to be getting more and more cluttered as each day goes by. I regularly receive a number of important messages that I have to keep up with, but many times they get lost in the mix with all of the spam. This problem [...]

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Someone is using my email address and other info to sign me up online for various groups, seminars, etc. Are there laws regarding this? –Jim
While there are various federal and state laws against email “spoofing” and other forms of misleading or deceptive transmissions, the problem is tracking down and prosecuting the perpetrators.
You’re assumption that “someone” [...]

There are all kinds of people doing stupid things all the time. But some take the cake. Such as making a death threat against an officer who is investigating you. You have to admit, as people doing stupid things go, that’s pretty darned stupid.
But, of course, when I explain that it was [...]