"Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover"" wrote
in message ...

But someday all the i's will get dotted and t's crossed and the spammers
will not have any way to hide. That may take IPV6, which seems like it
should have been implemented long ago, but still hasn't. Don't hold
your breath.

Yes. And people will whine about the loss of their precious "electronic
frontier" as the Internet ceases to be a fantasyland above and beyond the
law.

The Internet was designed for use within research establishments where
people were all, at some level, accountable and trustworthy. It has become
a playground for con artists and pests.

It may take another half century. I'm reminded of the chaos that afflicted
radio before WWI. People just chose their own frequencies and hoped nobody
would interfere with them, knowingly or unknowingly.

(And thus I bring the subject matter back to that of the newsgroups we're
in!