[Maceman]

I just recently installed Norton Internet Security and configured my Outlook to automatically junk anything that NIS labels a "Apam ALert."

So far, NIS has not incorrectly labeled a single personal e-mail as spam, although it has let a few juml e-mails through.

But the Spam content in my inbox has been reduced by at least 90%.

Why do we always hafta have a law?

[martin_fierro]

Me likee Mailwasher.

[HairOfTheDog]

I use my cable provider's email address, and get virtually no spam.

I am careful about what I sign up for, but I have made plenty of purchases and registered at plenty of websites, including cheesy game sites that I would think would be the first to sell my address. I still get virtually no spam, only a few newsletters I did sign up for.

Is this a problem only with free email addresses? I have been told no, but I just really suspect that Spam, especially explicit spam, comes from visiting those places!

[Dahoser]

Let's not forget that lazy forwarders who do not remove addresses when they forward the latest joke or hoax, especially our pals who remain on IdiotOL, are providing low hanging fruit to the spammers.

[k2blader]

Reference bump.

[Billy_bob_bob]

The answer is NOT to pass a new law, the answer is to provide a different kind of e-mail service. Simply put, most e-mail accounts are inclusive of the world at large, i.e. anyone can send you mail and you will get it in your in-box. The solution is to provide the option of making your e-mail service EXCLUSIVE of the world at large, i.e. you only get mail from those who you have explicitly included in your "approved to receive mail from" list. When you need to get e-mail from the world at large (for whatever reason) you switch the option on your account from "exclusive" to "inclusive". When you tire of spam you switch from "inclusive" to "exclusive". Simple. Easy. No laws required.

[Movemout]

Later read BUMP!

[finnman69]

Step one, get rid of AOL. I was up to 30 spam message a day. And no, I don't need a longer penis.

[tubebender]

The only spam I get are the sites I signed up for like classmates.com since I went with Cox Cable.net. I want to know about cookies...Do I need cookies enabled to access sites I'm registered on like FReerepublic.com etc ? And how often do you clear cookies

[steve-b]

But in the meantime, we have to take a step that some digital libertarians might find distasteful. We should pass a federal law to control spam.

Don't try to use big words unless you know what they mean. Respect for property rights, and punishments for violating them, are a basic tenet of libertarian principles.

[steve-b]

In any case, it would be an important step to get these creeps officially defined as outlaws.

It would be useful to get spammers defined as outlaws in the old-fashioned sense of the term (i.e. outside the protection of the law). That is, proving that the target was spamming should be an absolute defense against any computer-cracking charge.

[mommybain]

bttp for reference later

[csmusaret]

When I get an e mail that is sexualy explicit I forward it to uce@ftc.gov. They are supposed to put a stop to it.