Re: Why Spam is a problem

To: Claus Färber <claus at faerber.muc.de>
Subject: Re: Why Spam is a problem
From: Jan Meijer <Jan.Meijer at surfnet.nl>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:33:53 +0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)
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> 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

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