Hi Leo, #Word is Gray Davis signed this law, #http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/ #sb_186_bill_20030911_enrolled.html today. It seems to be a pretty #strong anti-spam bill. 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? Likewise, Oregon passed (and our Governor signed) SB910 http://www.leg.state.or.us/03reg/measures/sb0900.dir/sb0910.en.html which includes a right of private action with $500 per spam penalties [in the case of spam which "Misrepresents or hinders a person from determining the point of origin or transmission path of the electronic mail message"] among other nice provisions. "Electronic mail service providers" also acquire new rights of action, and some interesting immunities. All that's needed now is litigation support software that can ingest spam submissions, aggregate and summarize appropriately, do automated whois lookups and deobfuscation, and produce digestified ready-to-litigate spam packages for interested attorneys. Regards, Joe