Question by Saiful Redzuan: Will the new Anti-Spam Law deal with the problem of spam adequately?
Excerpts from the article: New law to curb email, mobile spam
By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 12 April 2007 1820 hrs
A new law to curb junk email and SMS (Short Message Service) messages was passed in Parliament on Thursday, 12 April 2007.
While not a magic bullet solution, the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts said the anti-spam law is a start.
It would protect consumers from unwanted messages while still giving businesses some leeway to market their products, added Dr Lee Boon Yang.
Spam is an annoying and expensive problem.
“The IDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) carried out a study in November 2003 and found that email spam caused Singapore users about $ 23m loss in productivity. The study further revealed that each of the three major local internet service providers or ISPs received close to 5,000 spam-related complaints a month,” Dr Lee told Parliament. continue….
Best answer:
Answer by brodhammer
Sorry, but even though it SOUNDS like it will stop it, it really can only do so much. See, I earlier thought of this act. I looked at a “SPAM” email in my inbox, and studied the bottom. You know, some junk mail that you think is SPAM, really isn’t in technical terms. On the bottom of a lot of email via ads, it says-COMPLIES WITH ______________Spam act. So, there’s the scoop!
What do you think? Answer below!


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