| E-mail has always suffered from some degree of abuse. Yet the gargantuan spam growth rates of the past few years have led governments and international organisations to engage in global efforts to fight the flood of unwanted messages. This thesis compares solutions provided by Technology and Law.; First, a technological analysis examines the e-mail system and crystallises the shortcomings exploited by spammers. Second, anti-spam and anti-virus legislation in Canada, the U.S.A., Australia and the EU are scrutinized and compared with one another. Finally, the main comparison between Technology and Law suggests that neither Technology nor Law are suited, necessary or efficient for each anti-spam solution. While Technology focuses its solutions around the receiver and the e-mail network, the solutions of Law are distributed more evenly and range throughout the entire e-mail system from the sender to the receiver. Technology and Law need improved synchronising at more than one interface. |
