> 
> 
> >I used to live in Washington State (now in Idaho,) but I know several people
> >in Wa that run NetBSD. Why?
> 
> Washington State now has an "anti-spam" law in effect.  It took effect in
> June.  There are some know suits in progress due to this law.
> 
> -- 
> Phil Nelson                    NetBSD: http://www.netbsd.org
> e-mail: phil@cs.wwu.edu        !gifs: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html
> http://www.cs.wwu.edu/~phil    
> 
FYI:

	Something I ran across in one of my mailing lists:

>>Forwarded-by: nev@bostic.com
>> 
>>Forwarded-by: Kevin Taglang <kevint@BENTON.ORG>
>> 
>>Title:  Man Collects $200 From Unwanted Spam
>>Source: New York Times (CyberTimes)
>><http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/07/cyber/articles/17spam.html>
>>Author: Matt Richtel
>>Issue:  Email
>>Description: Bruce Miller of Seattle collected $200 this week from a bulk
>>emailer under Washington State's month-old anti-spam law. Mr. Miller, a
>>freelance writer and consultant, may be the first consumer to
>>ever benefit from any state or federal anti-spam legislation. The payment
>>comes as legislators in states around the U.S. and Congress are considering
>>laws to restrict the use of unsolicited commercial email, and in some cases
>>penalize the senders. To date, Washington and Nevada are the only two states
>>that have adopted laws that specifically address spam.


						...TC


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