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UN Takes Aim At Spam Epidemic

Posted by timothy on from the send-in-the-blue-helmets dept.

clester writes "CNN reports 'The United Nations is aiming to bring a "modern day epidemic" of junk e-mail under control within the next two years by standardizing legislation around the world to make it easier to prosecute spammers, a leading expert said Tuesday.' The full story reports that as much as 85 percent of all e-mail may be categorized as spam and that the problem is rapidly spreading to cell phones in the form of text messages..."

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  1. Good by IWantMyNickBack · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hope the legislation has teeth, and not just false promises, like some of the UN security council resolutions against Saddam...

  2. Cure by t_allardyce · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I have a better idea, find and raid half a dozen spammers (or the companies that hired them) and get from there computers the details of everyone who ever bought something from a spam email. Then just quietly have everyone you know redirect all their spam on to these people. Without spam being effective, they will just give up.

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  3. Why? Quick poll... by B5_geek · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why is this needed? How much spam do most of you actually get?

    My hotmail account: I get maybe 3 spam's per month.

    My "regular" account (at work with no spam filters in place) that I use 99% of the time: I have gotten about 10 Spam's in the last 3 years.

    Are the majority of the people actually getting spam posting your email addys in public message boards for the spam-bots to harvest?

    I have been using the internet since '96 and spam has never really had an impact or effect on my usage.

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