US legislation fails to stop spam

Anti-spam company MX Logic reports that the current US legislation against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (UCE) - also known as the Can-spam act - has so far failed to halt the amount of spam actually sent out from within the US.

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“The Can-Spam law has been in place for a year now, and according to our studies we’ve seen very little compliance,” said Scott Chasin, chief technology officer of MX Logic in Denver. “The real benefit of Can-Spam is to the service providers, giving them the ability to go after those who send spam.”

Security company Sophos last week also reported that the US remains the main source of spam e-mails, responsible for a staggering 42% of all spam sent, as reported in U.S. leads the dirty dozen spammers.

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