One of the big problems with legislating an opt-out is that it will only work if you have a way of determining if it's a legitimate, versus confirmation that your address is real. Given that there's no way to determine what's "legal" spam, you can't safely use the opt-out option on ANY spam.
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One of the big problems with legislating an opt-out is that it will only work if you have a way of determining if it's a legitimate, versus confirmation that your address is real. Given that there's no way to determine what's "legal" spam, you can't safely use the opt-out option on ANY spam.