Spam!

cerebis

Hi everyone,

I run an Irish web site and over the last few months I have been getting an email from an irish guy telling me about his seminars. I did not want these emails and a week and a half ago I sent him an email saying that I did not want any more of these emails, and I also unsubscribed using the link on the end of the emails in question. Now he said that he had taken me off his lists and that was grand, fair enough.

A few days ago I got another one, and today I got another one...is he in breach of any spams laws? I sent him an email there now saying I want no more emails...have I any options if he keeps sending me them ?

DonkeyStyle \o/

You should probably give the internet police a ring... file a report.

cerebis

ha ha

Gosh

The more you pay attention to him the more likely he is to continue sending them to you. Put his email address into your blocked senders in youe email client - he'll send them but you won't see them.

cerebis

cheers man appreciated!

mneylon

If the sender is Irish and you have asked to have your address removed he is in breach of Irish data privacy legislation.

Gosh

blacknight wrote:

If the sender is Irish and you have asked to have your address removed he is in breach of Irish data privacy legislation.

... and what do you do about it to stop it?

mneylon

Gosh wrote:

... and what do you do about it to stop it?

Report them to the Data Privacy lot, submit them to spamcop, whine at their isp and block them from my mail server with a nice "550 get lost you annoying spammer"

seamus

Indeed, if he is reported to the Data Protection Commissioner, usually the commissioner will investigate, and if found in breach of the data protection act, the commissioner will formally ask him to remove you from his list. If he continues, he's liable for prosecution.

mneylon

Indeed

Gosh

All easier said than done I suspect (IMO). Far easier to just put him in your blocked senders list and ignore him ...

cerebis

Thanks all for your comments!