WP: Survey: Internet Users Want No-Spam List

[CShine]

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) today renewed his offensive against junk e-mail, citing a new survey that says 75 percent of the nation's Internet users want a national "do-not-spam" list similar to the anti-telemarketing registry launched by the Federal Trade Commission this month.

More than two-thirds of Internet users would sign up for the list, according to the online survey of 1,500 Internet users conducted by Stamford, Conn.-based research firm Insight Express and Chicago consulting firm UnSpam.

The survey also found that Internet users remain unimpressed with efforts to control spam. Less than half of those surveyed said spam filters are effective, and 40 percent of the respondents said that large Internet service providers are not doing enough to fight spam.

"Spam is not just a little nuisance, it's an epidemic, and getting rid of it for good is not as simple as just hitting the delete button once or twice," said Schumer at a press conference on Capitol Hill today to unveil the survey.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29944-2003Oct15.html

[shockingelk]

1. in other news ...

... two thirds of workers would accept double their salary if offered, new study shows ...

[BadGimp]

2. Where the F&%@ do I sign????

[Hieronymus]

5. Sign me up, NOW

This is a perfect follow up to the do not call list.:argh:

[Rose Siding]

3. But, but....

where will we find girlz with barn animals and EZ Kredit and an Extra TWO INCHES!!!

[southerngirlwriter]

4. so much spam is from other countries.....

.....although, when the blackout happened recently, I got no spam until the lights were back on in the Northeast. Makes you wonder, LOL.......

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Yeah, right...

we'll just pass a law to stop a billion messages, in Chinese, a day.

It'd be easier to just give me the two inches and the dozen Asian whores to use it on.

(hmmmm... ya know... that's an idea...)

[FlemingsGhost]

7. This sounds paranoid, but I don't care:

Given our current state of affairs, I don't want my name and/or personal information on a government list.