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Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?]
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william () elan net>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 13:10:38 -0700 (PDT)
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
I think we can write off "legislative" until we fix the root causes that gave us the CAN-SPAM act. We'll more likely make progress on the "judicial" side by finding a gung-ho DA who wants to get famous by enforcing the *existing* laws - I seem to recall one up in NY.. ;)
I think legislative should not be take to mean only US! There is work on the tough law in Canada, Europe and other countries. And as US congress
begins to understands that it "you can spam" law does work, the replacementwill be thought and quite possibly the laws found then in other countries will serve as good basis for it.
On the less serious note ...
I've been saying it for years - there's a *really* quick fix to the spam problem.We just take a pool - a few hundred dollars from every ISP. We hire some <insert ethnic> enforcment goons to "explain things" to the spammers, and allow the goons to be creative. Have them visit one of the top-100 off the ROSKO list at random each week. We'll be well on the way to done by the end of the summer. ;)
Since some of these spammers have millions of $$$, they will hire their own <insert another nationality> goons to make sure ISPs and their goons don't bother them. So did I hear somebody mention spamwar recently on this list? :)
Squeamish? Oh bother. OK, so we hire lawyers instead. Less bloody, but it takes longer and costs more....
Makes me wonder where the term "bloody laywers" came from if above is true :) -- William Leibzon Elan Networks william () elan net
Current thread:
- Re: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?, (continued)
- Re: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......? Douglas Otis (Jun 09)
- Re: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......? Stephen Sprunk (Jun 09)
- Re: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......? Matt Ghali (Jun 09)
- Re: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......? Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 10)
- Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Andre Oppermann (Jun 10)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jun 10)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Barry Shein (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Steve Sobol (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Steve Sobol (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] william(at)elan.net (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] John Levine (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Barry Shein (Jun 13)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] John Levine (Jun 13)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Dave Crocker (Jun 11)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender ID Authentication......?] Michael . Dillon (Jun 13)
- Re: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender IDAuthentication......?] sthaug (Jun 13)
- Email peering (Was: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender IDAuthentication......?] Stephane Bortzmeyer (Jun 16)
- Re: Email peering (Was: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender IDAuthentication......?] Randy Bush (Jun 16)
- Re: Email peering (Was: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender IDAuthentication......?] Michael . Dillon (Jun 16)
- Re: Email peering (Was: Economics of SPAM [Was: Micorsoft's Sender IDAuthentication......?] Niels Bakker (Jun 16)