(keitai-l) Re: i-mode spam

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Jani PATOKALLIO wrote:

> OK, I'm pissed -- some operation called Yurinokai (www.yurinokai.com)
> has sent me i-mode spam twice now.  I don't know where they got
> my address, but the ad is 100% Japanese and specifically for i-mode
> users.  (The rest of their targeting needs a little work though,
> Yurinokai being a dating service for people over 35...)
>
> Spam is annoying, but spam I have to pay for by the byte is *really*
> annoying.  How can I stop these bastards?  Is spamming even illegal
> in Japan?  And, incidentally, what stops Docomo from whoring its address
> database to spammers and racking up the packet charges?  17 million
> spams @ Y1 each would mean Y17,000,000 in profit...
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Jani PATOKALLIO / jpatokal@iki.fi / +81 90 7722 3557
> Sanpo Laboratory, Mechano-Informatics Dept., University of Tokyo
> ヤニ・パトカリオ / jani@sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp / 090 7722 3557
> 東京大学、工学系研究科、機械情報工学科、算法設計研究室
>
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