Email law and the fight against spam

Email law took a major turn almost a year ago since the implementation of Can-Spam, the federal law that sets email marketing standards and makes it less complicated for law enforcement to go after John Doe spammers. Speakers at MIT's 2006 Spam Conference were notably cognizant of the recent proposals of white lists and AOL's Goodmail, a pay per email service offering preferential treatment in email delivery for marketers.

The fight against spam, phishing and email fraud should focus on economic incentives and aiding law enforcement, according attendees at a conference examining the problem this week.