Re: [SLUG] just received genuine spam on this list

From: steven@sanctuaryweb.org
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 18:55:14 EDT


slug@nks.net wrote on 05/16/2004 06:24:23 PM:
> Ah, that email was obviously intended for me, then. That member of
> Nigerian royalty must be having trouble wiring funds into my bank
> account. ;)

It unfortunately also highlights the key problem with enforcing the
newly-passed CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. You can't successfully prosecute
someone outside the jurisdiction and expect to collect on it, and that's
where a substantial portion of "spam" comes from (Africa and Asia).

SWB

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