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RE: [Asrg] 3b. SMTP Verification - Reputation/Accreditation Services - Problem Statement

2004-03-16 09:26:17


Hallam-Baker, Phillip [mailto:pbaker(_at_)verisign(_dot_)com] wrote:
depends what you mean by "international".  There have been
attempts to get
US/EU agreement on the topic, but they have failed because
the US side
doesn't want to do anything that might actually stop the
spammers from
spamming.

Thats not really the case. The EU had existing privacy legislation
for dealling with junk mail. This was extended to cover spam.

The US did not have junk mail legislation, it acted against spam
alone. As a result the can-spam act was narrowly drawn to attack
only the worst of the worst spammers.

Not quite right.  The junk mail stuff is about opt-out, but the anti-spam
stuff requires opt-in - so it isn't s a simple extension of the junk mail
stuff.



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