Newspaper reports say Virginia's new law is directed at commercial bulk e-mail. Certain provisions provide a threshhold at sending at least 10,000 copies of a message in a single day or makes at least $1,000 from one such transmission.
The Virginia law also prohibits tools that automate spam and the forging of e-mail headers, which contain identification information on the sender and its service provider. Spammers often forge the headers to hide their identity and cover their tracks.
The statute's provisions could affect noncommercial unsolicited e-mail from charities, churches or political candidates if they exceed the volume limit or disguise the sender's identity, one psokesman says. How's that for a first amendment challenge? If someone is speakintg too loudly or to frequently or to too many people, then they can go to jail.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/30/business/30MUSI.html
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