Hotmail was the first one to opt-out all their 52 million members, but it has not seen any decline in the amount of spam received. Many antispam activists push legislation similar to the law against junk-faxes that was passed a decade ago and later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court as constitutional and not violating free speech. In 1998 an addendum to that law was proposed, covering computers as well, but that bill was not passed. In the case of e-mail, the recipient has to pay a higher monthly Internet fee, according to industry insiders. Altobelli believes the market will self-regulate, and he does not wish to see regulations from the government.
Polls show that a majority of Internet users dislike spam.
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