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Expect a new law within a year[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#1)
by Anonymous User on Thu Dec 11, 2003 at 01:44:16 PM PDT

The proponents have been told in no uncertain terms just how insane this law is, but still insist it is wonderful. Meanwhile, anyone in their right mind that has dealt with spam will never willingly give a spammer (many of which now apparently working with virus writers) confirmation of their email address. The law is taking away some anti-spam tools, and those who actually believe spammers play fair and ask spammers to stop will soon find out quickly how wrong they are. After Congress has been suitably embarrassed they'll develop a rewritten law - while insisting it is merely improving on a good thing. We'll be saying "WE TOLD YOU SO!" Heh.

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by Anonymous User on Tue Dec 16, 2003 at 12:22:06 PM PDT

In today's sound-bite driven media it is more important for policticians to APPEAR to be doing something. There isn't the public attention span, or depth of knowledge, to know or care if it really will fix the problem, do nothing, or make things worse. Until it becomes a real crisis. I don't see how a technological problem like spam ever becomes a real crisis - like the Savings and Loans did, and Medicare will (worsened by the bill just passed, just like spam) so we filter what we can and live with the rest.

We get the government we deserve.

Keep up the good work Ed.

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