A standard response

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The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) recommends the following:

On [insert date here], I received the following message from you:
 | Blah, blah, blah
 Since this is a commercial message, and since I have not requested to
 be placed on your mailing list, this message constitutes an unsolicited
 communication in terms of section 45 of the Electronic Communications
 and Transactions Act (Act 25 of 2002).
 In terms of section 45(4) of this Act, this message serves as
 notification that I do not wish to receive any further communications
 from you. Failure to comply with this request constitutes a criminal
 offence in terms of the ECT Act.
 Additionally, I hereby request that you immediately disclose where you
 obtained my contact details, as per section 45(1) of the ECT Act.
 Failure to respond to this request also constitutes a criminal offence.

[Optional paragraph:

 I note that your original message did not provide me with an option to
 cancel my subscription to your mailing list, as required by section 45(1)
 of the Act. This means that you may already have committed an offence
 in terms of section 45(3) of the Act, and may be subject to prosecution.

]

 Should you wish to familiarise yourself with the relevant legislation,
 or check my facts, a copy of the ECT Act is available on-line via the
 Government's web site: http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=68060
 Your co-operation in this matter will be appreciated,


The ISPA web site contains a wealth of information about spam : http://ispa.org.za/spam/index.shtml