LuKreme wrote: > On 5-Dec-2009, at 07:57, Per Jessen wrote: >> It seems to me the UK pretty much has its own CAN-SPAM bill - I can't >> remember where I saw it, but it is apparently completely legal to >> send unsolicited marketing email to businesses. > > Completely irrelevant.
Not in a context of CAN-SPAM, no. > the legality or illegality of a specific spam message is not relevant > to anyone unless that person is tasked with enforcing some anti-spam > law. Correct, but that is a different context. > The simple fact is, the vast majority of spam is completely > unconcerned with laws, is by design untrackable, and all the > legislation in the world will do *nothing* to curtail it. No legislation is any good without enforcement. Provided you have both and the enforcement is "heavy handed", spam is not a problem. What we have just been discussing are two countries that have no real legislation against spam, but in fact explicitly allow it in certain cases. /Per Jessen, Zürich
