A leading Internet privacy group has created an e-mail certification program that, while not doing away with spam, will require member companies to identify themselves when sending unsolicited messages.
Businesses in general are having a hard time getting their correspondence read by clients whose inboxes are crammed with come-ons from every micro-entrepreneur who's read Bulk Mail for Dummies. And junk mail will only increase in the future.
According to Internet research firm Jupiter Media Metrix, e-mail volume will jump more than 40 percent by 2005, and since most spam filters are about as effective as a colander, you can expect a lot more correspondence from "barnyard sluts" and getyourhairback@guaranteed.com, not to mention viruses and those Nigerian chieftains asking you to participate in shady business deals.
The Trusted Sender Program can't differentiate between a legitimate business or a scam, but at least it will force businesses to identify themselves and be held to certain standards of accountability... [
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Any email in my inbox that i did not Ask/Register/sign/agree to is unsolicited (spam) and as always will get the delete key and be blocked
