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U.S. Spam Law to Take Effect Jan. 1

Posted by michael on from the 2004-becomes-year-of-the-spam dept.

We lead with news that the U.S. 'anti'-spam law, written largely by the Direct Marketing Association, will enter into effect on January 1. The bill preempts existing state laws which are tougher (states' rights anyone?), so for many citizens, this is purely a pro-spam law. The FTC is thinking about bounty hunters to enforce the new law (which you can and probably should read for yourself).

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  1. Re:Opt-in for all email... by pyros · · Score: 0, Redundant
    If someone sent 30 million people the same or similar email then that is spam

    I don't remember the last time I received spam with more than 1 recipient. So how would my filter (be it at the client or server level) know the difference based on that?