The Can-Spam law may do little to stem the barrage of junk e-mail, according to CIOs.
Security World has posted an interesting story about the flaws in the Can-Spam bill.
The legislation, called the Can-Spam (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing) Act, would require senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail to let recipients opt out of future mailings, set penalties for sending deceptive messages and create a national Do Not Spam list. The measure requires all e-mail advertising — not just unsolicited messages — to include a valid reply-to address, a valid postal address and accurate headers and subject lines.
But CIOs say it won’t work, since so much spam comes from outside the United States.
Read the whole story at Security World.
