[AusNOG] Emails Lists - legal obligations [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[James Wakefield]

Can't see why not - spammers wear no uniform, therefore, are Enemy 
Combatants and do not enjoy the protections of the Geneva Convention...

Curtis Bayne wrote:
> Maybe you could give them backpacks with neuclear batteries and call 
> them "spambusters". 
> 
> Don't cross the streams! 
> 
> On 18/02/2009, at 4:15 PM, "Matthew Moyle-Croft" <mmc at internode.com.au 
> <mailto:mmc at internode.com.au>> wrote:
> 
>> Does the anti-spam team have guns and a special-ops group yet?  If 
>> not, why not?
>>
>> MMC
>>
>> On 18/02/2009, at 4:02 PM, David Zielezna wrote:
>>
>>> G'day mate,
>>>  
>>> You can get in touch with the Anti-Spam Team people through this 
>>> form:  
>>> <http://www.acma.gov.au/interforms/australian_spam_act_advice.asp>http://www.acma.gov.au/interforms/australian_spam_act_advice.asp
>>>  
>>> They will answer all your queries.
>>>  
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> David Zielezna
>>> Senior IT Technical Officer
>>> e-Security & DNCR Section
>>> Australian Communications and Media Authority
>>>
>>> p. +61 3 9963 6790
>>> f. +61 3 9963 6957
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:*  
>>> <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net 
>>> <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> [ 
>>> <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On 
>>> Behalf Of *Ben Cornish
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 18 February 2009 10:30 AM
>>> *To:*  <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>ausnog at ausnog.net 
>>> <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>
>>> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Emails Lists - legal obligations
>>>
>>> We have a couple of clients that have mass email lists to their 
>>> clients. Touch wood we haven’t had any spam complaints, but I guess 
>>> its only a matter of time.
>>> We are quite concerned about the implications they pose to us and 
>>> what the legal obligation they have to conform to in order to send 
>>> these mass emails out.
>>> Does anyone have a link to where it states what is required or what 
>>> is considered illegal distribution/SPAM ?
>>> I once recall, they were required to have a Dual Opt in and a 
>>> unsubscribe feature ?
>>> Any help would be grateful.
>>>  
>>> Ben Cornish
>>> National Network Manager
>>>
>>> *Direct* 07 3234 9302 Direct: 02 8235 3520 
>>> *Mobile *0417 617 204
>>> *Email*  <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au> 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au>Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au 
>>> <mailto:Ben.Cornish at brennanit.com.au>
>>> *Web * <http://www.brennanit.com.au/>www.brennanit.com.au 
>>> <http://www.brennanit.com.au>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 	<http://www.brennanit.com.au/casestudies.asp>
>>>
>>> <email_signature_awards.gif> 
>>> <http://www.brennanit.com.au/casestudies.asp>	
>>>
>>> If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender 
>>> immediately and erase all copies of the email and any attachments to 
>>> it. The information contained in this email and any attachments may 
>>> be private, confidential and legally privileged or the subject of 
>>> copyright. If you are not the addressee it may be illegal to review, 
>>> disclose, use, forward, or distribute this email and/or its contents.
>>>
>>> Unless otherwise specified, the information in the email and any 
>>> attachments is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon 
>>> as legal or technical advice or regarded as a substitute for legal or 
>>> technical advice in individual cases. Opinions contained in this 
>>> email or any of its attachments do not necessarily reflect the 
>>> opinions of ACMA.
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AusNOG mailing list
>>> <mailto:AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net>AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net 
>>> <mailto:AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net>
>>> <http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog>http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
>>
>> -- 
>> Matthew Moyle-Croft Internode/Agile Peering and Core Networks
>> Level 5, 162 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia
>> Email: <mailto:mmc at internode.com.au>mmc at internode.com.au 
>> <mailto:mmc at internode.com.au>    Web:  
>> <http://www.on.net/>http://www.on.net
>> Direct: +61-8-8228-2909      Mobile: +61-419-900-366
>> Reception: +61-8-8228-2999        Fax: +61-8-8235-6909
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AusNOG mailing list
>> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net>
>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> AusNOG mailing list
> AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog