[freepatriot32]

so if you send mail you go to prison for 5 years but if you BURN YOUR 5 YEAR OLD CHILD TO DEATH you get 5 years probation no the judicial system in this counrty isnt totally F**KED up at all

[Sonny M]

This is one of those laws, that yes I like, but I also know is unconstitutional. Under the U.S. constitution, article 1, section 8, Congress shall have the power to "regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states and with the indian tribes". Spam, like it or hate it, is a part of commerce, most of it is out of state or in many cases out of the country. This is where congress should step in (as opposed to them stepping in where ever they don't belong like they usually do).

[supercat]

Spammers go out of their way to deliver their spam to people who go out of their way not to receive it.

Why?

Where's the profit in targeting advertising to people who by their actions make quite clear they have no positive interest in it?

[Revel]

spamming has gotton way out of hand. I opened my email the other day and had almost 50 in a 24 hour period. I suggest that a federal law be passed establishing a rate equal to postal rate for sending advertising to people via email. That would put the brakes on this scam real quick like. And the penaltys for violations should be severe.

[Larry Lucido]

It's fine to be against this particular law, but to compare the maximum penalty under one law with a single instance of a plea-bargained sentence under another law doesn't provide for very insightful analysis. But that is just my opinion.

[Revolting cat!]

The problem is out of hand. The political system with its deals, compromises, endless debates and constitutional handwringing is incapable of dealing with it, but it will anyway in wholly laughable ways, just watch!

The internet access providers should deal with it aggressively, and probably will. Some ideas:

-- Block the links to the spammers' customers.

-- Create shiite blacklists of spammers' paying customers and encourage own customers to boycott them and, well, to spam them.

In all, I'm a little surprised that the focus of these campaigns has been on the spammers and not on their paying customers. The spammers have been very effective in beating various spam filters (Yahoo's filters, for example, have been rendered useless in the past few months,) and will continue to beat them, I suspect. There is simply no defense against "Viagra" presented as "V*I&A^G)R@A", and so on.