Internet Marketing Blog » anti spam laws http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog Read from the Dream Systems Media online marketing blog covering topics related to SEO and internet business blog for ecommerce businesses and small business owners and marketers. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:05:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Noticed a drop off in your spam haul this week? http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog/index.php/noticed-a-drop-off-in-your-spam-haul-this-week/ http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog/index.php/noticed-a-drop-off-in-your-spam-haul-this-week/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:27:13 +0000 David Mink http://www.dreamsystemsmedia.com/blog/?p=21 If you hate spam you may have experienced a very pleasant surprise this week – the volume of unsolicited commercial email, a.k.a. spam, has dropped by almost 66% this week thanks to McColo Corp’s demise. McColo is a northern-California based hosting provider, which was responsible for nearly 75% of spam sent each day.

Great news, right? Yes, but you probably should not expect the lull to last very long. In September, following the downfall of Intercage (another northern-California hosting provider used by criminal spammers), Spammers were off the grid for only a few days before finding another home for their activities.

The legal fight against spam is multi-faced, but not very strong: 1) you have the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which has been roundly criticized for its lack of enforcement, and 2) 37 states which have enacted some type of State Anti Spam Law, these laws have also been very poorly enforced.

Morale of the story: enjoy the drop off in spam this week, but gear up for an onslaught of unsolicited commercial email during the Holidays!

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