Political Spam
from the that-can't-help dept
I'm on a mailing list where people have been complaining that they've been receiving spam from one of California's candidates for governor. It seems confirmed that he did send out spam. What's weird is that it's really spam. No one requested the email, and it was sent out by multiple "no name" email accounts through an open relay in Korea. Most people I know who received it don't even live in California. I'm surprised that in this day and age a political candidate could be so stupid to send out spam like this. Anyway, no matter what, he's about to lose in the primary, so hopefully he'll go away. Can people sue him under California's anti-spam law? Update: The Wired article talking about this. Update: Unfortunately, this appears to be becoming more common. I just received some spam from some woman running for state assembly. I called her campaign headquarters and left a message, but I doubt I will hear back.
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Are you sure it's from the candidate?
Since it's sent from a no-name source via open-relays in Korea, there isn't a way to prove it's from the candidate himself, is there?
Just something to think about before you vote for the other guy...
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