Early word from the field is that the can-spam Act hasn't made a dent in the amount or character of spam. Surprise! Commtouch Software announced Jan. 8 that its spam-detection center saw no significant difference in the number of spam campaigns. Commtouch also analyzed bulk e-mail for compliance with the law and found that fewer than 1 percent of e-mail messages met the simple requirements laid out in CAN-SPAM. Jesse Dougherty, director of development at anti-virus and anti-spam software maker Sophos, confirmed the sorry state of post-CAN-SPAM junk e-mail traffic when I talked with him recently. While companies such as Sophos have a vested interest in showing a high rate of spam, the amount of junk e-mail even after CAN-SPAM is not in dispute.
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