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From: vancleef@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Robert E. Van Cleef)
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Subject: Re: Telephone Electronic Junk Mail
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Date: 9 Apr 89 22:02:37 GMT
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Reply-To: vancleef@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Robert E. Van Cleef)
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In California, there already is a law regulating Junk calls from
electronic systems.  All computer generated calls are required to
be proceded by a live introduction and the receiver's approval is
required before you can connect the computer interviewer.

Unfortunately, as they don't heavily advertise the existance of
this law (actually, I believe it is a utilities commission 
regulation) very few people register complaint when they get
an unsolicited computer call.

Bob