Re: fyi.. House Committee Passes Bill Limiting Spam E-Mail

[Jeffrey Altman]

> Perhaps one of the solution would be to limit the amount of addressees one
> email can go out to simultaneously. Imagine Joe Spammer would have to send
> out his junk say to max 30 addresses at a time. Or even 100. It would not
> impair normal users because we do not send mail to more than a few addresses
> at a time - but it would make spamming a little more difficult.
> I already hear the argument: There'd be "solutions" to circumvent this
> limitation faster than it would be implemented. Still I think it is worth
> the debate. What do you think?

The premise is not true.  When planning parties or even
volleyball tournaments I frequently send out e-mail to several hundred
friends.  This is not spam.  Arbitrary limits are not the answer.




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