On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 02:35 Europe/London, Hallam-Baker, Phillip
wrote:
It was clear that the FTC conference was held with the intention
of legislating. legislation is inevitable for many reasons, not
least the image of the US abroad. it does the US no good to have
the spam senders constantly advertising the US as a country lax
on fraud.
That said there is a technical issue here. Legislation will force
the spam senders to react.
It was very clear at the FTC conference that nobody is going to
be waiting for technology to solve the problem.
What wasn't clear from the conference (and really *is* the case) is
that technology has solved the problem from a recipients point of view
for anyone willing to invest in a solution.
Unfortunately nobody got to present that point of view.
Of course that all changes nothing about the overall state of email and
the reason for this working group. Just because some people are
effectively blocking spam doesn't mean the spam doesn't exist.
Matt.
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