Now telemarketing is a whole other animal. Do they have a Nobel Prize for solving an annoying world problem. So what can we do about it? If I had a definitive answer to that question, I probably would get the Nobel Prize for Solving an Annoying World Problem. Here is my humble offering in an attempt to rid the world of this cursed menace. If they don't make any money as a result of their spamming, they eventually will get the message and stop.
Spam is, often times, considered the electronic equivalent of junk postal mail, telemarketing or broadcast faxing. Particularly, when the site or ISP provides notice of their refusal to give, sell or transfer addresses for the purpose of initiating electronic mail messages. The act establishes the following with respect to commercial electronic mail messages. Legislation is intended to curb practices inherent in spamming, such as e-mail harvesting, dictionary attacks and using viruses and Trojans to perpetrate messages. The ability to opt-out must be available for 30 days.