Senate approves anti-spam bill

[guyver01]

Senate approves anti-spam bill

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to outlaw deceptive "spam" e-mail, and set up a "do-not-spam" registry for those who do not want to receive unsolicited commercial e-mail.

Internet "spammers" who flood e-mail inboxes with pornography and get-rich-quick schemes could face jail time and million-dollar fines under the bill, which passed by a vote of 97 to 0.

The vote marks the first time the Senate has taken action against an online scourge that now accounts for 50 percent of all e-mail traffic, frustrating consumers and costing businesses bandwidth and productivity.

 

[damiano]

Originally posted by: guyver01
Senate approves anti-spam bill

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to outlaw deceptive "spam" e-mail, and set up a "do-not-spam" registry for those who do not want to receive unsolicited commercial e-mail.

Internet "spammers" who flood e-mail inboxes with pornography and get-rich-quick schemes could face jail time and million-dollar fines under the bill, which passed by a vote of 97 to 0.

The vote marks the first time the Senate has taken action against an online scourge that now accounts for 50 percent of all e-mail traffic, frustrating consumers and costing businesses bandwidth and productivity.

more work for me 😉

 

[Antisocial Virge]

I figure it will do little to stop it and I further imagine that do not email list will end up being a spammers wet dream.

 

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
I figure it will do little to stop it and I further imagine that do not email list will end up being a spammers wet dream.

What if its coming from russia/etc.

 

[guyver01]

I love CNN's quick poll on this:


Do you like receiving spam e-mail?
Yes 4% 323 votes
No 96% 7127 votes
Total: 7450 votes

 

[43st]

They're going to have a fun time enforcing it when the majority of Spams come from other counties. Not to mention the fact that they're making a no-spam list that will be worth it's weight in gold to any spammer.

 

[Ranger X]

They're shooting themselves in the foot for making that do-not-spam list.

 

[Nithin]

Noooooooooooooo! How will I get offers from Nigeria now! :frown: I'm losing millions

 

[damiano]

Originally posted by: Nithin
Noooooooooooooo! How will I get offers from Nigeria now! :frown: I'm losing millions

lol

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
I figure it will do little to stop it and I further imagine that do not email list will end up being a spammers wet dream.

What if its coming from russia/etc.

Actually I think a LOT of it comes from China......

 

[Nithin]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: Phocas

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
I figure it will do little to stop it and I further imagine that do not email list will end up being a spammers wet dream.

What if its coming from russia/etc.

Actually I think a LOT of it comes from China......

Aha! That accounts for the bad grammar and spelling. 😀 What the hell is v1agra?

 

[notfred]

You guys should just block all email coming from countries other than the US, UK, Canada, other countries that you might actually communicate with.