Unsolicited Commercial Email
More affectionately known to the public as “spam”, unsolicited commercial email (UCE) is one of the most infuriating things facing mankind today. Worldwide, it is estimated that there are approximately 183 BILLION spam messages sent DAILY. Yes, BILLION and yes, DAILY. Even though we may only spend a few seconds on each piece of spam, all those seconds add up to some staggering amounts of lost time, productivity and money. Google has a nifty tool to help you find out what spam might be costing you.
In 2003, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enacted the “Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act” in an attempt to curb the rapidly growing spam problem. Who thinks it worked? Since then it has been revised a few times, but as far as controlling spam goes, it remains just as ineffective. We’ll get to why I think that in a bit. more…
