The CAN-SPAM Act

[Thunderfall]

The antispam act (which became official today) seems to be helping! Normally I receive 60+ spam emails a day. Today I've only received about 20.

Anyone else notice a reduction in the number of spam emails?

PS: Here is a news article on the antispam act:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0102/p13s02-stin.html

 

[Knight-Dragon]

I didn't receive any at all - as usual.

 

[ainwood]

I've got a lot less in my hotmail a/c. Still gettting quite a bit in the CFC GOTM a/c, but hopefully that will drop away (unless GOTM participants really think I need viagra.

Does this act apply to CFC as well?

 

[Ankka]

I was also thinking that it applied CFC at first.

Well, I don't usually recieve spam, so I can't tell...

 

[Ankka]

Originally posted by XIII
I didn't receive any at all - as usual.

Do you mean you would actually want to get spam?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

No, not really. I've seen enough on a daily basis.

 

[Comraddict]

if you give me your emals, i'll send you some friendly spam.

 

[MajorGeneral2]

Strangely, I don't receive much e-mail spam. Come to think of it, I don't normally receive e-mails at all. *sigh* I'm so alone...

Originally posted by Comraddict
if you give me your emals, i'll send you some friendly spam.

"Friendly spam"? That's one I've never heard before.

 

[Godwynn]

In the past week I have only gotten about 9 spam emails, amazing!

 

[Archer 007]

I hardly ever get spam somehow. I use one account for everything also.

 

[IglooDame]

I run a few mail servers, and the amounts of spam getting screened at the server level and in a couple "spambucket accounts" I have have been unchanged since CAN-SPAM went into effect.

Personally, I think the law was appropriately named - everyone now legally can spam.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

I found it best to use diferent mail accounts for diferent purposes. Best way to contain spam...

 

[IglooDame]

Indeed, in that way AOL is very useful - I have several different addresses that I use for various purposes, and I can create an email address to use for a single action (such as registering for a product where I know they're probably going to use my email address for marketing) and then delete it.