Generally, if you have been told by a person they do not wish to
receive more mails from you, to continue to send them mail is
considered unacceptable, and some services may warn or ban you. In
some states, this continuation after request to desist could also be
considered a stalking crime, and could subject you to criminal or
civil action.
To send anyone a mail which is obscene; profane; or insulting; or
which normal people would take as threatening or otherwise abusive, is
also not acceptable. A one time error on this sort of thing, if no
threat is involved, would usually only result in a warning or ban from
your Internet service.
To send unsolicited mail which solicits business or other commerical
advertising, is considered abusive. To do so in large quantities is a
serious offense in some areas. For example, spam in Iowa can result
in a $1,000 fine PER MAIL PER RECIPIENT.
To send a personal, polite mail to someone when there is reasonable
expectation the topic and contents would be acceptable to the
recipient, is usually not considered abuse. If you ask because you
wish to communicate with someone whose address is known to you,
without prior contact, and your mail will be civil and polite and
probably of mutual interest to the recipient, I personally believe it
is okay.
However, if the recipient then responds that no more mail from you is
desired, then to do so again is considered abuse.
One of the most disgusting mails I ever received, was a very offensive
mail from a woman who said she was a police officer, and had taken
umbrage for something I had written on a message forum. What I wrote
was not directed towards anyone, the only problem was that it did not
conform to the Politically Correct belief that woman never do anything
wrong and men never do anything right.
After one of the most abusive collection of personal insults and
name-calling I have ever received, she told me I was not to answer, or
she would have my service cancelled.
As outrageous as her conduct was, and it did prove she should not have
a gun and a badge, I thought about it and realized I had better not
answer. It is simply not possible to correct all injustices.
With more experience, if it happened again, I would post her nasty
gram on the message board for all to see...
I am guessing that your extremely ambiguous question involves some
sort of similar event, in which you were told not to continue mailing
someone, when it also made no sense or was injust, or were accused of
abuse when you did not intend to do so. It is simply not possible to
correct all injustices. As a general rule, if someone requests no
more mails from you, no matter how injust it might be, follow that
request.
If I have not covered your personal issue, you need to supply more
details, even if in hypothetical form.
If you are facing any sort of criminal or civil actions for mail sent,
then you need to see an attorney. |
