SPAMmers ignore CAN-SPAM
More than 99% percent of a recent sample of unsolicited commercial email – SPAM, to you – failed to comply with the new US federal anti-spam law that went into effect on January 1, says a company which among other things makes spam and virus filtering software.
MX Logic looked at a random sample of over 1,000 unsolicited commercial emails over seven days beginning New Year’s Day and found only three of the messages complied with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM), it says.
"Calling this a high rate of non-compliance would be a gross understatement," said Scott Chasin, MX Logic’s chief technology officer here.
"It is no surprise that rogue spammers would fail to comply, but the non-compliant messages we saw appeared to be from all types of companies."
There appears to be an unstated, unofficial grace period for companies to comply, but if this high level of illegal spam continues, Chasin says, going on, "I think it will be interesting to see how enforcement of the new legislation will unfold."
Companies have had little time to digest the new law, signed by President Bush on December 16 last year, "let alone bring their commercial email into line with the legislation".
