‘Sending a message, especially an advertisement, to more than five recipients, is by itself spamming unless the individuals have specifically requested to be added to a mailing list on that topic. This includes both commercial advertisements and informational messages sent to recipients via electronic mail (email) as well as off-topic messages posted in Usenet discussion groups where the recipient has not requested or invited the message. Email is a person-to-person medium, not a broadcast medium.’
Unlike senders of traditional “junk mail” who are required to pay for envelopes, materials and postage, senders of UBE/UCE can, given the nature of the internet, impose enormous costs on the recipients of their messages at little or no cost to themselves.
Costs imposed on UBE/UCE recipients include:
The Dutch version of our spam policy prevails.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact abuse@ideaspool.nl.
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