[9523] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Murkowski anti-spam bill could be a problem for ISPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Howard)
Mon May 26 03:31:18 1997
From: Phil Howard <phil@charon.milepost.com>
To: spsprunk@paranet.com (Stephen Sprunk)
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 02:21:33 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970526002219.006bd2e8@pop.srv.paranet.com> from "Stephen Sprunk" at May 26, 97 00:22:19 am
Stephen Sprunk writes...
> I think that the burden should be placed entirely on the spammer; there is
> no reason to bother the user or the ISP with this mess.
>
> The current US law (USC Title 47 Sec 227) governing commercial
> telecommunications should be strengthened to explicitly include email.
Then all the spammers just migrate across the border. I already get spam
from Canada and Europe.
> Out of curiosity, has anyone considered the effect of this law (or others)
> on non-profit spam?
Or has anyone considered the effect of this law on spammers outside of the
United States?
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