Consumers, Legislators, and Internet Service and Hosting Providers Wage War On Spam
Nobody likes it. Its a wonder anybody still does it. Its what makes some people so leery of ever embracing email and its what has lead to so many others opening up secondary, junk email accounts. As such, its also the bane of ISPs and hosting providers everywhere. As of the writing of this article, spam has constituted almost 50% of the content of peoples email inboxes and internet users, ISPs, and hosting providers have just about had enough.
By 2007 it is expected that, if no further action is taken against spammers, it will make up closer to 70% of the content of our inboxes. With arrests made, fines paid, and (in some cases) jail time pending, youd think incidents of spam would finally be on the decline, but we have no such luck.
The first piece of spam was distributed in 1978 (back when the internet was called the ARPAnet and long before the days of competing consumer hosting providers). The first piece of anti-spam legislation was passed in 1997, in Nevada. Other states, like Arizona, have since followed suit. Most anti-spam laws today dictate that:
1. Any...