Re: very confusing.

Don't get me wrong, I greatly dislike spam, but next thing you know it will be against the law to send packets to someone you don't have consent from... or hand out pamphlets / talk to someone on the street you don't have consent from... I figure the solution here that fits with the best interests of the people, or really with any internet problem, is a defensive or cryptographic one; instead of an offensive or law-based punitive solution. e.g. Requiring proof-of-work headers for email that doesn't want a speedy descent into /dev/null