U.S. Representatives
and Smartfella Internet Services Attack SPAM
Anti-SPAM policies and procedures have been in place and
played a significant role in our services since SFI was founded. Now the
United States Congress is showing their support of ISPs in dealing with
the growing problem of SPAM.
Salt Lake
City, UT., February 15, 2001: Smartfella Internet Services, an local
and International provider of Internet services, has been a long time
proponent of the distribution of SPAM (unsolicited e-mail). Advanced
features have always been in place on SFI's servers to help eliminate
SPAM while still maintaining the privacy of their customer's e-mail.
However, in the event that SPAM was distributed through SFI servers,
the offender(s) are held liable for all expenses incurred by SFI as
a result of the violation. SFI prides itself on taking a stand against
SPAM.
The same
U.S. representatives who sponsored the legislation in the last Congress
introduced a bill designed to give consumers and ISPs greater control
over SPAM on Wednesday, February 14, 2001.
The bill
is aimed at giving consumers the power to block unwanted e-mail and
providing ISPs who bear the cost of delivering SPAM with a legal right
of action to block those who dump unwanted messages onto their networks.
The bill
would require accurate return addresses on unsolicited commercial e-mail,
make it illegal to continue sending junk e-mail to someone who has asked
to be removed from a distribution list, require unsolicited commercial
e-mail to be labeled, and require ISPs to let their customers "opt
out" of receiving junk e-mail if the ISP profits from allowing
it into their system.
The bill
would also set a penalty for continuing to send junk e-mail after someone
has asked for it to stop and allow ISPs to sue spammers for $500 per
message if they violate their anti-SPAM policy.
"Smartfella
Internet Services has been fighting the war against SPAM for years now
with the implementation of state of the art server sided software and
other methods of reducing SPAM." said Dennis Dutson, SFI Founder
and President. "We take it very seriously and we know that our
customers enjoy better service due to the reduction of the SPAM that
enters their email." SFI email servers utilize a state of the art
database of known SPAM offenders and their IP addresses. Therefore,
any e-mail received from any offenders in the database will never have
the ability to inconvenience their customers. Additionally, if SPAM
is transmitted through their network, the violator shall be held liable
for any and all costs incurred by SFI as a result of the violation of
their "terms
and conditions".
About
Smartfella Internet Services
SFI, formerly NJTCOM was founded in 1997. Originally only serving the
Wasatch Front in Utah, SFI has expanded it's Internet dialup footprint
to major cities all throughout the U.S., Canada, and other countries.
Over the past six years, SFI has expanded its services to include Web
Development, Web hosting, Broadband Connectivity services such as DSL
and Fixed Wireless, E-commerce Applications, and Filtered Internet Access.
Smartfella Internet Services is "The Smart Choice For Your ISP."
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