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Is the CAN-SPAM Act Working?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-highly-doubt-it dept.

DynaSoar writes "Lance Ulanoff of PCMag.com offer his opinion on the success, or lack thereof, of the CAN-SPAM Act. It doesn't appear to be working, though spammers have noticed, in that they try to make their spam look "legit". What might make a real difference, according to US Senator Conrad Burns, co-author of the bill, is international standards and enforcement."

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  1. Re:Ill tell ya what will work. by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I was thinking of something similar, but it involves gang raping them first.

    --
    "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." Mark Twain
  2. War of Futility by $lingBlade · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In my not so humble opinion these types of laws & legistlation,
    is just about as effective as curbing spam distribution as screendoors
    would be at stopping water from coming in on a submarine

    I love being a pessimist and this is one thing that I see
    no easily stoppable solution for.

    I wish I had an idea of how to stop spam being sent out
    rather than a lot of people who try to fight it on the receiving side.

    Not that it's a bad thing to fight, or that we should just accept
    it as the norm, it's just getting to the point of complete futility.

    I'm not trying to encourage anyone to throw their hands up and submit
    But seriously, without a total "re-do" of the internet and it's connected
    servers/services, there's nothing that can stop them because they're simply
    too hard to track down and more importantly prosecute effectively.

    As usual, I'm reminded of a movie quote, this time, from
    Apocalypse Now where at the beginning the General is telling
    Martin Sheen's character about Colonel Kurtz and how he's had a break with
    reality/sanity, he mentions "...there's a struggle within every human between the rational and the irrational, good and evil... and good does not always win..."
    That's my point, even those of us who hate spam more than we hate our own lives
    are on the *right* side, we're just not going to win...

  3. Better than real junk mail by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't know why people complain about email spam. It's still a thousand times better than real junk mail in your house mailbox.

    -Do you need a new credit card
    -You have won 1 million dollars
    -Missing child, help donate
    -Important please open: Do you need a new credit card

    At least email spam is creative.