RE: A question for the list...

> > I have isolate the item above since it contains the gist of your

The problem here is that spam cannot be looked at in the realms of network management any more than hackers can. Spammers are nomads who travel from network to network to perform their actions, making their money and then leaving their equipment. Hacking is illegal, but it still happens. Outlawing spam will #1 only affect people inside the US, and #2 while it may put a few irresponsible individuals in jail, will ultimately will have the same effect as anti-hacker laws have on hackers.

There are a number of different ways to combat spam, with the most ineffective functioning at the network layer and the most effective at the presentation and application layer. IMHO the only real way to combat spam is by the content iself, and there are a few very effective tools that work on this level.