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Some estimates are that over one third of junk e-mail is pornographic.
Email users, online advertisers, and free email service providers couldn't agree more. The bill stipulates that companies can send unsolicited commercial advertisements as long as they correctly label those messages and include a valid return address that the consumer can use to opt out of future solicitations. A spammer decides to send his message unsolicited, blindly and unwanted. They have a blatant disregard for the consumer, ISPs, and legitimate businessmen. Unlike traditional bulk snailmail, the user who receives spam expends resources like hardware space, money, and time to download the unwanted messages.