> BTW, national legislations don't seem to help much. I do get a lot of > national spam (i.e. in German language), although German laws forbid > sending unsolicited email (not explicitly, but the German Bundegerichts- > hof ruled it to fall under unfair competition laws). How many people/ISPs in Germany have actually sued German spammers? We have laws against computer-breakins yet because nearly no-one (not ordinary people/ISPs, banks and telco's probably *do*) files a complaint with the police they are basically not enforced. Jan