Newsletter ArchiveSUBJECTs:Ban the Spam - ICANN Rears Its Ugly Head The Internet 800 Directory - http://www.inter800.com The Internet 800 Directory Newsletter This issue is for Friday, September 6, 2002 Table of Contents 01. Ban the Spam 02. ICANN Rears Its Ugly (and Hypocritical) Head 03. Tip Of The Week *01 Ban the Spam Three consumer groups (TRAC, NCL and Consumer Action) have joined forces to try and stop spam. They are attempting this endeavor by launching a petition drive to ask the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to stop deceptive and unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam). The petition asks for a FTC rule that defines unsolicited commercial email as "deceptive and therefore unlawful" if it: +Misrepresents the sender (in source or routing information) +Misrepresents the subject or content of the email +Fails to provide reliable contact information for the real party in interest +Fails to provide a reliable opt-out system +Is sent to an individual who has opted out or resigned from sender's list, or to whom sending unsolicited, commercial email is otherwise prohibited by law. Having these basic rules enforced should not hurt honest marketing campaigns. As a mater of fact they should make them even more effective. These rules would cut down on the volume of e-mail and stop many of the con artist; both hurt the effectiveness of this medium. If you want to help support this petition drive, visit one of their sites and sign up. Telecommunications Research and Action Center: http://www.trac.org/ National Consumers League: http://www.nclnet.org/ Consumer Action: http://www.consumer-action.org/ If you have any thoughts or ideas you would like to share, please send them to Chuck Arning at chuck@inter800.com We’re Talkin’ Serious” Bone Suckin’ Sauce ! Winner: “Battle Of The Sauces.” Created in true western North Carolina style. Tomato based all-natural, sweetened with honey and molasses. Order your Box of six today for $39.99 +s/h. Toll-Free 1-800-446-0947 or online http://www.BoneSuckin.com *02 ICANN Rears Its Ugly (and Hypocritical) Head In the Washington Post this week, it was reported that "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the Internet's global addressing system, today accused VeriSign Inc. of failing to comply with its accreditation agreements, citing 17 separate violations over the past 18 months." Although I have long been very critical of the way VeriSign (and WHOIS) has done business, by failing to release domains, bad record-keeping, etc., this struck me as humorous (almost) if it weren't so pathetic. In a Washing Post article on 8/1/02, five of the biggest domain operators, including VeriSign, asked the U.S. Commerce Department to scale back the powers of the body that manages the Internet's global addressing system. In an article that was posted this newsletter on 8/2/02, ICANN was ordered by the courts to release corporate records to one of its directors after it had failed to do so. Furthermore, as Judith Oppenheimer pointed out, ICANN has refused for years to release information to Country Code Top Level Domain names, unless ICANN's status and dominance is contracted. Now ICANN is saying that it can and will make VeriSign lose its rights to sell .com domain names unless it cleans up the errors charged within 15 days. I'm not sure either one of these organizations could clean up their acts in 15 years. Steve Jackson saj@inter800.com Vegas Vacation has the best rates on Las Vegas Hotel Rooms. Don't make a reservation without calling us first! Call 800-637-6442 or visit our ad in the Internet 800 Directory: http://inter800.com/02281174.htm Tip of the Week This tip can help those of you that run different programs on your computer each day. Sometimes when you close a program in Windows 9x, some of its DLLs don’t shut down. These lingering DLLs use memory; they can slow or even crash machines with limited resources. To stop this from happening: +Click “Start” – Then “Run” +Type “regedit” – Then hit “OK” +Backup Your Registry – Click “Registry” – Click “Export Registry File” +Go to: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer" +Click “Edit” Then “New” Then “String Value” +Name it: "AlwaysUnloadDll" (don’t use the quotes) +Give it a value of 1 +Close the Registry Editor and reboot This will stop DLL caching on your computer. The programs won’t re-start as quickly, but it will help save memory resources. If you have any tips or shortcuts that you think the readers of this Newsletter will find useful, send them to sjackson@inter800.com Banners? Pay-per-click? Why not target your market with links or information placed in relevant content? The Internet 800 Directory Newsletter offers direct access to business people who are interested buyers. 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