Federal law aims to squelch spam
roundup Backers say Can-Spam puts junk e-mailers on notice, but critics say spammers will hardly notice.
President Bush signs landmark legislation to regulate spam, but critics are unimpressed.
December 16, 2003
perspectives U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Conrad Burns say critics overlook the real impact that the law they wrote will have in the reduction of unwanted e-mail.
December 16, 2003
perspectives Antispam technologist Ray Everett-Church says the new congressional legislation entirely misses the core issue.
December 16, 2003
A new study shows that health care-related e-mail messages, primarily those marketing diet pills and Viagra, are the leading category of spam.
December 16, 2003
commentary Technical and legislative efforts--like the Can-Spam Act of 2003--can, at best, only slow the flood of spam. The only permanent solution to the spam problem is to charge for e-mail.
December 16, 2003
The state's attorney general announces that his office made its first felony indictment under Virginia's antispam law. The charges are filed against two North Carolina residents.
December 11, 2003