N3Bruce's Journal: Spam Redux

I was hoping to keep my old mailbox open for a while, and guide what legitimate E-mail I had left there over to my new box. I also set my mail client to truncate the larger messages. Within 2 days, my inbox reached its quota for size (5mb), and I was locked out. I contacted my ISP about this, and asked for some suggestions about coping with this, and their only response was that they could clear out the inbox, but to keep it clear I would have to download all of the crap anyway. The upshot was that I ended up having to close the box. Hope nothing important is being sent over it in the near future.

Congress has passed antispam legislation, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, it will do little to help, since it appears most of the most egregious spammers operate outside the law anyway. I don't have too much of a problem with Amazon or Crutchfield emailing me about their specials once a month, it is the outlaws that clog my box with viruses, trojans, porno, and so on. They are already breaking the law, and this will have little effect I am afraid.