One significant difference is that an international junk fax is not usually economically practicable on a large scale. Hitting an open relay is (I think). As soon as the law enforcement problem crosses a border it gets harder, not least because the act needs to be illegal in the country of resident of the spammer.... On 13 Aug 2002, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > Caitlin Bestler <caitlinb@rp.asomi.net> writes: > > My initial minimalist approach is to propose a standard > > whereby the source of an email can be authenticated, > > allowing receivers and relayers the option of rejecting or > > simply segregating email without authenticated sources. > > Thus leading to masses of authenticated spam? Anyone can generate an > RSA key. There are enough primes out there that you can generate one > for each piece of spam and still never run out. :) > > > Attempts to *classify* mail as "unsolicited" will only > > result in years of debate as to which groups are entitled to > > exemptions -- witness the debates on telemarketing rules. > > And yet the laws on junk faxing have, largely, stopped junk faxes. One > of the nice things about laws is that, being interpreted by human > beings, they need not be perfect, just good enough that the intent is > obvious. > > -- **NOTE: 7/31-8/14 law.miami.edu will have random downtime due to "network upgrades". Mail will bounce, and www.law.tm will 404.** Please visit http://www.icannwatch.org A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | froomkin@law.tm U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm -->It's very hot here.<--