[TheForge] Re: OT Al McClure

[Dragons Watch Forge]

So why not just fine the company that is using spam for advertising?

Harland Johnson wrote:

>
> Terry,
> I think the only thing that will stop the spammers will be prosecuting 
> the entity / company that that pay the spammers.  Somewhere in the 
> spam mail, even though it uses a fake forged email address, must be 
> some identity code so that the spammer receives his or her payment for 
> clients hooked.  IF a company is identified with a Spammer, the IRS 
> should be able to back track via tax records of the company, to insure 
> that the spammer is paying her or his income taxes.  With the 
> multinational nature of the internet, a new tax code might need to be 
> applied. Hmmm.
> Much of the spam that we are receiving is already illegal.
> However,  just another Federal Law outlawing spamming might do little 
> good, even if they put more "teeth" in it via heavy fines,  and a 
> DONOT SPAM LIST. Spammers likely would use the DO NOT SPAM list as a 
> source of "good" email addresses.
> Dann Johnson
>