No Federal Do-Not-Spam Registry For Now

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "The AP reports today that the U.S. government has no plans to create a do-not-spam registry in the immediate future. Why not? They argue that the proper technology is not yet in place. 'A national do-not-e-mail registry, without a system in place to authenticate the origin of e-mail messages, would fail to reduce the burden of spam and may even increase the amount of spam received by consumers,' said the commission." The moral of the story is: never try. See the FTC's press release or their report (pdf).

Comments

Microsoft's Caller-ID for email?

[Guspaz]

Isn't this precicely what Microsoft's Caller-ID for email technology is supposed to solve? Did nobody contact Microsoft to ask them about licencing the technology for a national do-not-email registry?

Say what you will about Microsoft as a company, nobody can deny that they are serious about taking on spam.

Re:A good point

[geoffspear]

Yes, and while we're out it we should get rid of those pesky murder laws until we make sure no lawyer can get a murderer acquitted.