Stinkysteve
07-08-2004, 09:14 AM
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http://www.internetweek.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22104159
First Six Months Of CAN-SPAM A Bust
By TechWeb News
Fewer than three out of every hundred messages toed the CAN-SPAM Act's line in the federal anti-spam law's first six months, said message security firm MXlogic Wednesday.
Not only has CAN-SPAM, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2004, done nothing to stem spam, but spammers have essentially thumbed their noses at the law. While the percentage of messages that complied with CAN-SPAM during the first four months averaged three percent, in May and June that figure dropped to just one percent.
The six-month average of CAN-SPAM compliance is just 2.3 percent, according to MXlogic's data.
Legislation alone won't stop spam, said MXlogic's chief technology officer, Scott Chasin. He's pinning his hopes on the ongoing discussion of sender authentication standards, which would verify that mail actually originates with the stated sender, and isn't faked, or "spoofed" by spammers eager to hide their identities and location.
"Work underway in the Internet Engineering Task Force on e-mail authentication protocols, including the newly proposed Sender ID is the most promising effort to stem spam to date," said Chasin in a statement. It's a step in the right direction."
MXlogic got its CAN-SPAM compliance numbers by analyzing a random sample of 10,000 unsolicited commercial e-mails each week from January through June.
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Mass. AG Uses Federal Law Against Spammer
By TechWeb News
With spam e-mail increasing and laws aimed at combating spam languishing, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has invoked the federal Can-Spam Act in filing a law suit against a Florida man accused of sending thousands of unsolicited e-mails.
In addition to the federal legislation, Reilly charges the spammer's actions are prohibited by the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. The case is scheduled to be heard July 21 in Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court.
The AG's office identified the alleged spammer as William T. Carson of Weston, Fla., who offered "pre-approved mortgage rates even with bad credit" to consumers. Reilly's spokesperson added that 27 complaints against a business operated by Carson have been filed with authorities including Reilly's Consumer Complaint Hotline and the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that the unsolicited e-mail failed to have an opt-out feature so consumers could stop future e-mails and that the messages failed to identify the unsolicited e-mail as advertisements. The sender also did not include a working sender-address, the complaint stated. Efforts to reach Carson have been unsuccessful.
http://www.internetweek.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22104159
First Six Months Of CAN-SPAM A Bust
By TechWeb News
Fewer than three out of every hundred messages toed the CAN-SPAM Act's line in the federal anti-spam law's first six months, said message security firm MXlogic Wednesday.
Not only has CAN-SPAM, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2004, done nothing to stem spam, but spammers have essentially thumbed their noses at the law. While the percentage of messages that complied with CAN-SPAM during the first four months averaged three percent, in May and June that figure dropped to just one percent.
The six-month average of CAN-SPAM compliance is just 2.3 percent, according to MXlogic's data.
Legislation alone won't stop spam, said MXlogic's chief technology officer, Scott Chasin. He's pinning his hopes on the ongoing discussion of sender authentication standards, which would verify that mail actually originates with the stated sender, and isn't faked, or "spoofed" by spammers eager to hide their identities and location.
"Work underway in the Internet Engineering Task Force on e-mail authentication protocols, including the newly proposed Sender ID is the most promising effort to stem spam to date," said Chasin in a statement. It's a step in the right direction."
MXlogic got its CAN-SPAM compliance numbers by analyzing a random sample of 10,000 unsolicited commercial e-mails each week from January through June.
on a related story....
Story here:
http://www.internetweek.com/allStories/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22103887
Mass. AG Uses Federal Law Against Spammer
By TechWeb News
With spam e-mail increasing and laws aimed at combating spam languishing, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly has invoked the federal Can-Spam Act in filing a law suit against a Florida man accused of sending thousands of unsolicited e-mails.
In addition to the federal legislation, Reilly charges the spammer's actions are prohibited by the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act. The case is scheduled to be heard July 21 in Massachusetts Suffolk Superior Court.
The AG's office identified the alleged spammer as William T. Carson of Weston, Fla., who offered "pre-approved mortgage rates even with bad credit" to consumers. Reilly's spokesperson added that 27 complaints against a business operated by Carson have been filed with authorities including Reilly's Consumer Complaint Hotline and the FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that the unsolicited e-mail failed to have an opt-out feature so consumers could stop future e-mails and that the messages failed to identify the unsolicited e-mail as advertisements. The sender also did not include a working sender-address, the complaint stated. Efforts to reach Carson have been unsuccessful.