Dan:
I am finishing this story and I am trying to find the latest
statistics from a reputable source--preferably not affiliated with pro- or
anti-spammers-- on the simple number of spams people are receiving now (or
2001) and can expect to receive, in say, five years. I've seen it a million
times but I would prefer something very fresh and RIGHT NOW (grrr) I can't
find one.
Also, I am looking for a number of how many PCs there are that
serve as relays to spam and anything else meaner, of course, which is the
topic of my piece. I understand that just about anything can relay but
especially broadband connections and anything functioning as a server.
(This includes most computers, I expect.)
I also include little info on possible laws in this piece,
choosing instead to focus on how ISPs could be dealing with it better,and
if more people were educated and complained, then some ISPs would be forced
out of business. It is a complicated story and there is no room for
everything I would like to include.
>. A few states have passed laws against it, and the federal government is
>moving to bolster them, but most rely on the senders to police themselves,
>and all suffer from an obvious problem: Spam knows no boundaries. Even
>with a superb law that criminalizes all deceptive tactics, how would one
>prosecute across international lines? It may never happen.
Thanks.
Kathy
At 10:48 AM 4/27/2002 -1000, you wrote:
>Katherine Esposito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I should add that I have pursued somewhat the related topic of
> > spam-as-more -than-just-an-annoyance, if one adds the reality that
> > some spam can be so overwhelming as to shut recipients down, or can
> > contain web bugs, or is relayed through insecure servers, etc.
>
>I presume you've already noted that spam can (and often does) go
>hand-in-hand with violations of good ol' common law, business
>law, etc. Forgery and fraud are a couple good examples; I'm sure
>there's more.
>
> > I am impressed with how much I have learned these past two months, and
> > I suspect that this chasm of ignorance which exists between the
> > techo-geek community and the Windows-oriented public is a serious
> > obstacle.
>
>That is, at least in part, why SpamCon Foundation is here. :)
>
> > What can anyone do about the spam problem?
>
>I presume you've already read the following four pages, and
>potentially things linked from them?
>
>http://www.spamcon.org/recipients/spam-response/index.shtml
>http://www.spamcon.org/marketers/index.shtml
>http://www.spamcon.org/sysadmins/index.shtml
>http://law.spamcon.org/
>
>The quick answer is:
>
>If you are a marketer, you can help stop the spread of spam by
>not spamming, by following Best Practices, and by encouraging
>those around you to do likewise.
>
>If you are an ISP, you can help stop the spread of spam by
>creating and enforcing clear policies for your users prohibiting
>them from *sending* spam, and by taking steps to prevent spam
>originating elsewhere from reaching your users.
>
>If you are a legislator, you can listen to your constitutents -
>studies have shown that the vast majority of people hate spam.
>
>If you're a businessperson, you can ask your legislators to
>act against spam, since it's making harder for you to get your
>legitimate messages out - some folks are deleting or blocking
>anything that looks like an ad, without checking to see whether
>it's something they've *asked* you to send them.
>
>And if you're a consumer, you can ask your legislators to act
>against spam. Ask them for a law that prohibits sending
>unsolicited e-mail ads to you without your permission, like
>the laws in Connecticut and Delaware. Ask them for a law that
>makes it clear forgery and deceptive advertising are as illegal
>in e-mail as in other media - there are well over a dozen states
>with laws already on the books addressing forgery and deception
>in spam. Ask them for a law that prohibits hiding the true
>origin of an unsolicited e-mail ad, and the sale of software
>designed specifically to do that. Ask them for a law that
>embodies best practices, like having *all* e-mail ads, solicited
>or not, include instructions on how to unsubscribe permanently.
>Ask them to give you, and your ISP, the right to sue people who v
>iolate these laws and victimize you. Those are the best and
>strongest points of laws that have been passed across the nation;
>if your legislators give you all that, you'll have the best
>law in the country, and probably the world.
>
>-Dan
>
>P.S. I've seen the bills Wisconsin was working on. You deserve
>better. ;)
>
>
>
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