--On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 07:13 -0800 Ned Freed <ned.freed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> IMnvHO, any anti-spam approach that depends on good behavior >> from the spammers is a waste of time unless it is accompanied >> by strong, enforceable, and enforced "if you break these >> rules, you will spend time in prison" provisions. > > While that is absolutely necessary, it's possible it's not > sufficient, given, say, sufficient motivation on the part of > spammers or jurisdictional issues on the enforcement side. Indeed. I was addressing the necessary condition only. I would have included the jurisdictional issues as part of "enforceable and enforced", but that doesn't change either of our essential points. john