The world's e-mail systems will go into meltdown next year through "spam overload" caused by American legislation intended to solve the problem, Britain's top spam-fighter warned yesterday.

Within 18 months, e-mail could itself be dead, with 99 out of 100 messages being junk, and an e-mail being less certain to arrive at its destination than a letter or a text message, said Steve Linford, the head of the Spamhaus Project, a company that tracks and identifies the world's worst spammers.

USA förordar - liksom Sverige! - en opt-out-lagstiftning (du får mejl tills du aktivt tackar nej). EU arbetar för en opt-in-lösning (aktivt samtycke krävs för mejlreklam). Med en opt-out-lag kommer aktiva spammare att tiodubbla sina utsändnngar, hävdar Linford.

Läs hela hos Independent: US law to cut junk e-mail will give big boost to spammers, warns UK expert

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