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Re: spam

2003-05-25 19:39:18
On Saturday, May 24, 2003, at 08:24  PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030524/wr_nm/ tech_spam_dc_3

Is this what we want? The legal system taking over something that should
be done by IETF. This new legislation isn't supposed to stop e-mail
marketing, but stop deception. Will it work? :-s

Technical measure to stop spam scare me. They usually involve building new technological barriers into the internet. Better to let civil society deal with (un)civil society problems.

simon




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