Data Retention Regulations in the Lords

[Roland Perry]

In article <49CC970A.10365.21B083@davidh.spidacom.co.uk>, David Hansen 
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
> Organisations are careful to say that they only attempt to identify 
>possible spam. They then either put it in a separate folder or deliver 
>it with a header to say that it is possibly spam.

I think you are guilty of the effect we saw in Brussels when negotiating 
the Privacy Directive (which had some anti-spam measures and therefore 
benefited from those discussing it understanding a little about what 
spam is); viz "all email is like Hotmail" [1]. (Or perhaps more 
recently, "like Gmail").

However, conventional ISP spam detection is just as likely to simply 
throw it away. Sometimes even before it's been accepted at the 
destination ISP, as a result of various internal or external blacklists.

[1] And therefore doesn't need a law because (a) it's all 
tagged/quarantined and (b) can be deleted with a couple of clicks.
-- 
Roland Perry