Email Spam is illegal

A short article on fighting spam in the land of Oz.

http://australianit.news.com.au/arti...E15306,00.html

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Other supposed protections against spam include bans on advertising online gaming, laws to prevent people being harassed or offended, and a code of practice for internet service providers.

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I'm not sure how these laws are supposed to be enforced?

Hey, this thread made me think of that story Pooh-Bear brought to my attention in this thread, back in november last year. Who remembers Bernie Shifman? I desided to check up on the story, and guess what: there has been an update to the site this week (16feb02) - he's still at it! Talking about persistance, eh?