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 -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]