What ever happened to being responsible for what leaves your network? Recipients, and even email operators often simply give up reporting abuse, as traditionally the success of reporting to abuse departments has been very low. And isn't this a little like closing the barn door after the cow is gone? A simple stolen credit card, and 24 hours head start, boy are we in trouble with that kind of power. And the idea of 'opt-in' or 'permission' based according to current anti spam legislation is so loose, and untraceable that it is laughable. Pity the legitimate users who wish to use EC2 for email, won't take before the only way for users to protect themselves will be to block the source. The email marketers are shooting themselves in the foot, and this sets the stage for some nice legal action. The idea of the sanctity of a users mailbox will have to prevail, and hopefully it will happen before people resort to radical solutions like 'blacklist unknown senders' or stop using email for communication. Just like you have the right to decide who can enter your home, you can decide who can send to your email box, but when it reaches abusive levels from a single source, this has always resulted in drastic measures. At least we hope they force a header 'X-EC2-BULK-EMAIL' ;)
