Originally published June 9 2004
Compliance with CAN-SPAM fast approaches zero; only a technical solution
can halt spam
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A new study shows that the positive anti-spam effects of CAN-SPAM
legislation were quite brief: while 3% of spam complied with the law
during early 2004, that number has now dropped to 1%. Neither number is
reassuring, and both numbers demonstrate that CAN-SPAM compliance is
fast approaching zero. It's yet more proof that only a technical
solution -- like the Puzzle Solution -- can bring spam to its knees.
Essentially, spammers have realized that complying with CAN-SPAM offers
them no benefit. Why should they add the word "ad" to the subject of all
their emails when they make more money by leaving it off? See, stopping
spammers is an economic issue, and only a technical solution that
changes the economics of spamming practices can alter the outcome.
Yes, a couple of high-profile spammers have been sent to jail. But has
your inbox noticed any difference? Probably not: there's just
as much spam circulating as before CAN-SPAM, and in fact, it's now quite
clear that even the tiny compliance improvement following CAN-SPAM's
implementation was just a fluke. Now it's time that we all got serious
about putting an end to spam once and for all. It's time we rewired the
SMTP protocols and added a bit of transactional friction to the sending
of email. Because until we do that, everything else is just a charade.
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