Word is Gray Davis signed [sb186].

that's most unfortunate.

It seems to be a pretty strong anti-spam bill.

it's not.

Given all the talk of black lists and DDOS's and the like does anyone think this will make a difference? Is anyone planning on using the law to recover damages?

since this law legitimizes most forms of spam while attempting to delegitimize only the kinds of spam where you can't get recourse because of untraceability, it will do far far far more harm than good. the time is now coming when actions which prevent (or actors who prevent) the forms of spam which are legitimized in sb186 may be civilly penalizable. OUCH. when i read heinlein's "magic, inc." i thought there actually had to be underworld demons in political power before this kind of thing could happen, but i now see that i completely missed the point of the story. but like most threads on nanog this week, this one is offtopic. -- Paul Vixie