Compliance with CAN-SPAM fast approaches zero; only a technical solution can halt spam

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A new study shows that the positive anti-spam effects of CAN-SPAM legislation were quite brief: while 3% of spam complied with the law during early 2004, that number has now dropped to 1%. Neither number is reassuring, and both numbers demonstrate that CAN-SPAM compliance is fast approaching zero. It's yet more proof that only a technical solution -- like the Puzzle Solution -- can bring spam to its knees.

Essentially, spammers have realized that complying with CAN-SPAM offers them no benefit. Why should they add the word "ad" to the subject of all their emails when they make more money by leaving it off? See, stopping spammers is an economic issue, and only a technical solution that changes the economics of spamming practices can alter the outcome.

Yes, a couple of high-profile spammers have been sent to jail. But has your inbox noticed any difference? Probably not: there's just as much spam circulating as before CAN-SPAM, and in fact, it's now quite clear that even the tiny compliance improvement following CAN-SPAM's implementation was just a fluke. Now it's time that we all got serious about putting an end to spam once and for all. It's time we rewired the SMTP protocols and added a bit of transactional friction to the sending of email. Because until we do that, everything else is just a charade.
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