Tuesday, March 1, 2005, 4:54:37 AM, Graywolf wrote:
G> Does anybody find it funny that spam is dealt with by punishing the receiver
G> (deleting valid email) rather than the senders (closing their accounts)?
Well, the spammers are lobbyists too. They successfuly lobbied for the
CAN SPAM act, which is OPT-OUT. Meaning they can send you legaly
whatever they please, as long as they let you opt out of it. That's
the US. The funniest is the name - "CAN SPAM" !?!? Just like the
governmental acts on war on terror... funny names. Although it's a bit
of meme warfare. Naming an act exactly the opposite it means. Act that
severely cuts citizens freedoms would be named Freedom act or
something... but I was talking about spam, not politics ;-) sorry
Here in Europe, we have OPT-IN, meaning it's illegal to send spam
unless you opt in. WhichIMO is much better approach.
Of course, both depend on how are they carried out in reality.
Of course, now a lot of spam is sent from small offshore countries,
but according to some statistics a lot is sent from big developed
countries too.
Good light!
fra
