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Senate Passes Anti-Spam Bill

Posted by michael on from the baby-steps dept.

Zendar writes "Yahoo! is reporting that the 'U.S. Senate passed the first national anti-spam bill on Wednesday, giving momentum to an issue that has riled consumers almost as much as dinnertime phone calls.' However, the bill, referred to as the 'Can Spam' bill, is unlikely to pass the House and be signed by the President. Senator John McCain sums it up: 'The odds of defeating spam by legislation alone is extremely low, but that does not mean we should stand idly by and do nothing about it.' CNN also has the story."

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  1. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Govn. Arnold says "This is good because spam will make you fat and ruin your action movie career"

  2. Ah, the smell of an upcoming election year... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Politician: I voted against spam!
    Constiuent: Yay!

    Ugh. Why don't they vote against rained-out baseball games? The odds of ending rained-out baseball games by legislation alone is extremely low, but that does not mean we should stand idly by and do nothing about it.

  3. Re:Fuck 'em. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I really wonder why the US haven't invaded China, Taiwan or Russia yet. I mean hey, they conquered other countries telling the world even more hypocritical reasons.

  4. Cool! by jav1231 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now I can:
    # rpm -Uvh spamassassin

    JAV