China has passed a law aimed at reducing the amount of unsolicited bulk e-mail sent from servers in that country, according to reports.
Beginning March 30, only licensed operators will be able to offer e-mail services to the public in China, reports say.
Companies sending spam will reportedly face fines and have their licenses revoked.
How does China define spam? “All e-mail spreading junk information, rumors, erotic content, fraud or viruses, as well as unsolicited marketing material, are considered spam,” according to the English version of People’s Daily Online.
If Magilla Marketing were in China, we’d be a little concerned about the ban on junk information and rumors. Hell, we make our living, meager as it may be, on junk information and rumors.
China is the world’s second largest source of spam behind the U.S., according to anti-spam group Spamhaus.org.
