Recommended reading :


Many thanks to Uri Raz for assembling this
collection of links.



1. FTC News Releases
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/9802/junk.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/9806/uce.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1998/9807/dozen.htm

2. Pyramid Schemes, Ponzi Schemes, and Related Frauds

3. The AOL vs. Cyberpromo case

4. "Intel scores in email suit", by Jim Hu, CNET News.com.

5. The CompuServe vs. Cyber Promotions case

6. The John Marshall Law School spam page

7. The Junk Email Site

Junk Email Lawsuits Online

8. Report to the Federal Trade Commision of the Ad-Hoc Working Group on Unsolicited Commercial Mail.

9. Complain to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service about :
- Chain Letters
- Lotteries
- Mail Fraud

A. Hawaii's Anti-Spam Law

B. Washington's Anti-Spam Law
ftp://ftp.leg.wa.gov/pub/rcw/title_19/chapter_190/

A news story about a relevant court case can be found at Andover News

C. California's Anti-Spam Law

Place a checkmark in the "Business and Professions Code" box, enter "17538.4" in the text box at the bottom, and click "Search".

D. Virginia's Anti-Spam Law

E. Nevada's Anti-Spam Law

F. The UK Data Protection Law

G. The Italian Anti-spam Law

H. The Austrian Telecom Law
http://www.parlament.gv.at/pd/pm/XX/I/texte/020/I02064_.html
http://www.bmv.gv.at/tk/3telecom/recht/tkg/inhalt.htm


Newsgroups charters can be found here.

There is a special mailing list for junk mail - junkmail@mail.msen.com
This is *the* mailing list for advertisements via email.
People subscribe to it _in_order_ to get advertisement by email.


FAQ's and Web pages regarding Netiquette and Usenet advertising

- "Advertising on Usenet: How To Do It, How Not To Do It."
FAQ, written by Joel K. Furr

- Blacklist of Internet Advertisers

- FYI 28: Netiquette Guidelines
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/fyi/fyi28.txt

- FYI 35: DON'T SPEW
A Set of Guidelines for Mass Unsolicited Mailings and Postings
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/fyi/fyi35.txt


FAQ's and Web pages regarding New Website Announcement

- The "How To Announce Your New Web Site" FAQ

- Advertise Successfully AND Ethically on the Internet!

- Opt-In Method Brings More Marketers Back to E-Mail Medium