Anti-Spam Bill Passed

Dubbed the “Can Spam” legislation, the bill approved by congress this morning will force mailers to include an authentication mechanism, a unique ID, that users can truly utilize to stop unsolicited messages.

It won’t work all by itself though, and I have to agree with that requirement. Users are going to have to learn to report such deviants from the bill once passed into law, which President Bush indicated he intends to do.

The authentication scheme will prevent spammers from spoofing other users, meaning there will no longer be fake senders and bogus reply addresses.

I’m all for this, but rumor has it, that they wouldn’t have bothered if it hadn’t been for a massive spam attack on the whitehouse recently that required the hill to rethink and reconstruct their email procedures. Awww, so you don’t care if it happens to everyone else, but when it hits you, it’s time to spring into action?

Full Article on Yahoo News.

Christopher Kirkman

Christopher is an old school nerd: designer, animator, code monkey, writer, gamer and Star Wars geek. As owner and Editor-In-Chief of Media Geeks, he takes playing games and watching movies very seriously. You know, in between naps.

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