ho$ter

I was hoping this meant we might see less spam fly around, but...

Some reports have suggested that Soloway's arrest will cause a noticeable decrease in spam, but Levine suggested that any decline would unfortunately be minimal. "There's no question that [Soloway's] been responsible for a lot of spam," Levine said, "and his arrest will help. But the amount of spam has increased so much over the last couple of years that even his arrest won't make much difference."

So if catching the criminals doesn't help, what's the answer?

Full story:
Sci-Tech Today | Feds Arrest 'Spam King' in Seattle

administrator

they need to pass laws to make spam illegal. it slows down productivity in the work place and at times makes checking emails a pain!

malicious spam should be just cause for international charges.

ho$ter

They tried to get something going with the CAN SPAM Act but the results
are hardly encouraging.