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Anti-spam groups boycott service.(Brief Article)

Dallas Business Journal

| January 14, 2000 | Hoover, Kent | COPYRIGHT 2000 Dallas Business Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Several anti-spam groups called for a boycott of a new service provided by the Direct Marketing Association, which allows businesses and consumers to opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial e-mail.

Members of DMA have agreed to remove any e-mail addresses registered through the group's www.emps.org database from their solicitation lists. The association says its e-Mail Preference Service, which debuted Jan. 10, won't eliminate span but is "an important part of the overall solution."

But the Spam Recycling Center and the Forum for Responsible and ...

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