On  3 Apr, Ian Keith Setford wrote:
> 
> Yo-
> 
>> Who are we supposed to beat then? :)  It is unfortunate that headers are
>> so easy to forge.  Hopefully some form of legislation will be passed that
>> will illegalize spam.  Anyone know anything about this?  I am curious to
>> know what actions if any are being taken. 
> 
> I have read the article on freshmeat about California proposing Anit-Spam
> legislation.  California and New York are usually first to propose
> "groundbreaking" law.  We'll have to wait and see.  At least one state is
> taking a pro-active stance against spam.
> 

Actually,Washington state passed an anti-spam law just last month.  Read
about it at the url below. It makes it illegal to forge headers.  Just
what you are looking for.

http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/junk_032698.html

Brian 
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