Spam
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Known Solutions for Spam
Codify laws to prevent spamming Enact international laws and fund an agency to follow the money trail....
Win-Win-Win-.... There are spams because there are spammers. Why do spammers spam ? Because some people buy their products through their spams. This is why they keep sending spams. However, their target audience is...
Desktop Spam filters Available as a freeware are software mail programs that will help filter out unwanted spam. You can check your email through your web browser, and then this plug in type of program will filter out and...
Software that returns the spam (Spam the Spammer) If you receive spam in your mailbox from a spamming program or company, there should be a software that can track back where the email originated from (the mail server that sent it). This is pretty ea...
Delete all spam without opening it - If no one opens it, they will stop sending it. If no one ever opened spam, or if very few people did, it would not be sent. Because they wouldn't get enough results to make it pay. They keep sending it because some percentage of people fall for ...
ID email All email have a new ID number that identifies the person sending it. This ID number can verify that you are sending a legitimate email. The mailing servers would ignore all non-ID email. This would w...

Innovative Solutions for Spam
Win-Win-Win... (Properly filed) There are spams because there are spammers. Why do spammers spam ? Because some people buy their products through their spams. This is why they keep sending spams. However, their target audience is...
Allow users to file lawsuits Allow users who continuously get spammed by companies sending out unwanted emails to get sued. Under the do not call list, a person can put thier email for do not mail. Under the do not call act, have...

Comments on Spam

I originally meant to file the "Win-Win-Win-...." solution under "Innovative Solutions" but by distraction I logged it under "Known Solution". It is a new solution. - Vincent Lambert First we should define what constitutes a mail a spam? It depends on a user and his needs. Many I consider as a spam is useful for others. Once this is done then extreme actions are possible. Send a ... - VC Karun Spam exists because it is economical for spammers to send spam. It costs virtually nothing to send email and some people do follow the links in them so they have a fairly large return on investment. ... - Jim Bruin [READ ALL COMMENTS]

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