IP: more on 'You've Got Mail,' More and More, and Mostly, It Is Junk

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Yes I agree once my temper has cooled down. I am flooded with spam and it 
hurts and much of it comes from over seas and is has forged From

Dave


> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:14:47 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Subject: Re: IP: 'You've Got Mail,' More and More, and Mostly, It Is
>   Junk
> Cc: ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
>
> Dave,
>
> My inbox is also overflowing with spam. Especially around holidays and on 
> weekends, seem to I get more spam than personal email. The only time it 
> let up was September 11 and 12 -- I guess even spammers had something 
> better to do.
>
> But "a law that requires a legal address" could, depending on how it's 
> worded, ban anonymous remailers. And legislation may have little impact. 
> Some research I did almost a year ago 
> (http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41860,00.html) suggested a huge 
> proportion of spam to the U.S. was coming from overseas. It'll take years 
> -- maybe a decade -- to get a sufficient number of countries to agree for 
> the measure to be effective. In the U.S. Congress, the Direct Marketing 
> Association is likely to oppose all but the most narrow approach. And if 
> the law were written broadly enough, it might be vulnerable to a First 
> Amendment challenge.
>
> I'm not sure what the best solution would be, but I think we'll have to 
> rely more on technology than the law.
>
> -Declan

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