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Open Up a Can of Spam
by skj Saturday 17-Jan-2004
By Joanna Glasner
Wired News
Jan. 16, 2004

A federal law intended to curb the scourge of junk e-mail appears to have had little effect so far in discouraging spammers from deluging inboxes.

In the two weeks since the Can-Spam Act, a U.S. law barring unscrupulous bulk e-mailing practices, took effect this year, providers of spam-filtering software say they're blocking more messages than ever. Spammers, they say, are either ignoring the law or pretending to comply with guidelines for legitimate e-mail marketing.

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Mainsleaze spammers on the rise . . .

Now that Congress has been bought and paid for by the DMA, who got the best spam law money can buy, mainsleaze spam to me has risen 300%.

Here's a case in point . . .
»Amazon.com just lost a customer forever . . .
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The Rules of Spam | Maryland's New Anti-Spam Law
Where are we going? And what's with the hand basket?
permalink · 2004-01-17 15:05:41 · Print · Reply to this ·

madylarian
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Even Consumers Union spams now

Another case in point:

»Spam from Consumer Reports?

Even the vaunted Consumers Union, publishers of Consumers Reports magazine and supposedly consumer-friendly organization feels it's ok to spam.

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