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If you visit websites,
or if your E-mail address finds its way onto a mailing list,
or a directory listing, or none of the previous, you will very
likely receive spam. The most annoying thing about spam is its
volume; nobody minds receiving two or three unsolicited
E-mails a week, but regular Internet users may receive dozens,
hundreds or even thousands a day. Although most of these spams
can be blocked, and some are screened by ISPs, they still take
up unnecessary bandwith, waste your time, and often cause
offence. Spam that offers to enlarge your penis is one thing,
but spam that offers you pictures of naked children is another
thing entirely, and although you may receive it unknowingly,
if you open even one such spam E-mail you could be breaking
the law, and risk being placed on the sex offenders register
with all the stigma, ostracism and other problems this can
cause.
In a letter dated 4 February 2004, a Crown
Prosecution Service lawyer made the following
points:
'If you receive spam and unsolicited emails
which are advertising (or you have cause to believe are
advertising) children engaged in sexual activity, you should
not open or click any link etc but immediately forward such
spam or unsolicited e-mails to the Internet Watch Foundation
http://www.iwf.org.uk...?
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