BL> What I am saying, is that it's time we drew a line under
BL> unsolicited communications, and by law, forced the ISPs to
BL> block it.

> So how is an ISP going to tell that an email is unsolicited?

JT> Much in the way (well, one way) I can tell from my end. The To:
JT> field is invalid, or does not contain my correct email address.

JT> If anyone sending a valid email to me can't get at least that
JT> part of the header right, I'm not interested in reading it.
JT> With me, statistically, it appears a 100% correct assumption so
JT> far.

 It wouldn't matter anyway. If there was a penalty involved, no one
would allow it. That's the main point of Law... the law-abiding abide
(and crooks make their own arrangements).

Regards,
Bob

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