California-based e-mail filtering firm Postini said the Can-Spam Act had only made a slight dent in the amount of unwanted mail. It processed more than four billion messages in January and found that approximately four in five was spam.
- "The Can-Spam Act appears to have had little immediate effect on the amount of unwanted e-mail offers," said Andrew Lochart, Director of Product Marketing at Postini."
"Current internet technology allows spammers to hide their identity, such that spam can only be fought through a combination of technology and laws."
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Article comments
1 - Hal Pawluk
Brightmail says spam is up 2% last month.
Europe says 80% of spam there originates in the United States.
There was no chance whatsoever that the "Yes-you-CAN-SPAM" act was going to change anything - it simply gives spammers permission to spam.