I thought some of you might be interested in this. It must be noted that since the Dutch banned spam to private individuals the amount of Dutch spam, or spam from Dutch sources, declined considerably. Of course this will become more effectived the more countries do a similar thing...
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-ban-all-spam-e-mails "The economic affairs ministry says all spam e-mails will be against the law in the Netherlands from October. It was already illegal to send spam e-mails to private individuals but the ban will be extended to cover companies as well. Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Frank Heemskerk says the measure is not just aimed at nuisance e-mails but also against crime. Spam e-mails can be used to obtain information contained in computers. Under the new measures, Dutch companies which send spam e-mails will face fines of up to 450,000 euros." And for the 1 and a half dutch speaking under us: http://www.rnw.nl/nl/nederlands/article/algeheel-spamverbod-oktober-van-kracht "Vanaf oktober geldt in Nederland een algeheel spamverbod. Het was al verboden om ongevraagde e-mail te sturen aan personen en dat mag nu ook niet meer aan bedrijven. Dat heeft het ministerie van Economische Zaken bekendgemaakt. Met de maatregel wil staatssecretaris Frank Heemskerk niet alleen overlast tegengaan, maar ook criminaliteit. Spam wordt ook ingezet om stiekem persoonlijke gegevens te achterhalen in computers. Nederlandse bedrijven die toch doorgaan met het versturen van spam riskeren boetes die kunnen oplopen tot 450.000 euro." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list Assp-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
