Will the new Anti-Spam Law deal with the problem of spam adequately?

Question by Saiful Redzuan: Will the new Anti-Spam Law deal with the problem of spam adequately?
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Among the changes passed in the Spam Control Bill is an opt-out option for those who do not wish to receive spam.

The Bill also sets out basic requirements for legitimate direct electronic mass marketing.

For instance, messages must be labelled advertisements in their headers, and there must be an unsubscribing facility.

But with four out of five spam messages originating from overseas, MPs feared such local legislation would only hurt local players.

"Given that the bulk of spam is from overseas, we can reasonably expect that the winners will be the foreign spammers with Viagra and organ enlargers. The losers will be our loc

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