The CAN-SPAM Act, which is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, established our first national standards for sending electronic mail.
Most retailers and marketers were complying with legislation under CAN-Spam which allowed consumers to opt out of future mailings, it said.
In 2003, Congress solved the problem of spam email with the CAN-SPAM Act, which authorized Federal Trade Commission lawsuits against chronic spammers.
Following the introduction of America's anti-spam CAN-SPAM Act in January 2004, junk e-mailing fell briefly but then shot up again (see chart).
They would likely be violating the CAN-SPAM Act if they emailed me after I had told them that I did not wish to be emailed.
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which lets firms seize spammers' assets.
ECONOMIST: Unwanted e-mails are no longer the menace they once were
The lawsuits, filed in federal courts in California, Virginia, Georgia and Washington state, were among the first to cite a CAN-SPAM law that took effect across America in January.
Just 44% of marketers surveyed believe their organizations were in compliance with the CAN-SPAM act, a law that requires marketers to request permission to send email messages, disclose the messages' source and offer an opt-out function.
Stock-scam Web sites can reach millions instantly via spam E-mail and banner advertising at little or no cost.
Visitors can stock up on Spam-themed gear at the vendors lining the street, selling everything from Spam spatulas to stuffed plush Spam cans.
They're robust sites that can stand up to spam and scammers--but cracks are starting to appear in the new technologies.
For instance, said Mr Hogan, filtering out e-mail messages that contain a web link can stop about 75% of spam.
If Capellas can pull all that off, he will get to do the geeky stuff that really turns him on: launch a slew of new Internet-driven services, from central spam filters to home networks that consumers can control from a PDA anywhere in the world.
Rather than spreading spam through e-mail, criminals are now turning to social networks where they can launch sophisticated attacks against users that appear to come from trusted friends and family.
The come-on becomes spam and gums up the works, or scares women away, which in turn can lead to a different kind of gender disparity: a room full of dudes.
The "hotties" security site HotCaptcha.com, for example, blends plain and exceptionally good-looking people from the Web site "Hot or Not" with a spam-defying secure password box--pick the good-looking people (something computers can't yet do) and you prove you're a person, not a spam software program.
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