Also the problem of off shoring spam probably should be taken into consideration. No matter how good the plan is if a country is willing not to enforce it there will be a problem. I read a study recently that analyzed where spam destination sites were hosted (where the link in the spam message takes you) and 70% was in China. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2004/tc20040517_1934_tc058... ----- Original Message ----- From: John Curran <jcurran@istaff.org> Date: Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:57 pm Subject: Internet Credibility Bureau (Re: Points on your Internet driver's license)

You underestimate the profitability of spam and the creativity of such folks in filling out applications. I do think that it's workable, but just don't presume that its going to be airtight.

/John

At 10:45 AM -0700 6/13/04, Owen DeLong wrote:

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As I said earlier in private mail to John, I think this will only work if the reporting is done on indivuduals, not companies. For non- corporate>business entities, the president of the company should be used as a stand-in for the company. For corporate business entities, the CEO or chairman of the board should be used. I'm betting that spammers will rapidly run out of people willing to forego future internet access in the name of continuing>their business fairly rapidly.

Owen