On Sun, 25 May 2003, S Woodside wrote: > Good law could work to curtail spam. Spammers do it because it's > profitable. Remove the profit, fine the dickens out of the worst > transgressors, and the cost/benefit ratio will sink. Spamming isn't > like hacking, there is always a way to trace back to the person who is > paying for the spam because they must be able to sell their product. > Since you can identify the individuals responsible, you can hold them > accountable with the right laws in place. and this has worked so well with the War on Drugs. L. <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@ee.surrey.ac.uk>