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NEW YORK Congress sent a bill designed to combat unwanted commercial e-mail to the White House today for the president’s signature.
The CAN-SPAM Act (S. 877), sponsored by U.S. Senators Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), proposes tough civil and criminal penalties against the senders of unlawful marketing e-mails, special warnings for pornographic messages and a “do-not-spam” registry. President Bush has indicated he will sign the measure.
“The problems of spam have been accumulating over the years to a point where everyone has seen the affects of this frustrating junk mail,” said Burns in a statement.
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