CAN-SPAM Act Addressed in Mirapoint's Analyst Corner.SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif. -- Mirapoint Features Grey Consulting's Findings on the Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress Mirapoint, the secure messaging experts, will feature an analysis of the FTC's report to Congress on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. Act from Grey Consulting in its Analyst Corner this month. The Grey Consulting report examines the Act's marginal success in curtailing Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). . "The FTC's report appeases Congress on the propriety pro·pri·e·ty n. pl. pro·pri·e·ties 1. The quality of being proper; appropriateness. 2. Conformity to prevailing customs and usages. 3. proprieties The usages and customs of polite society. of the CAN-SPAM Act, while reiterating the need for broader FTC-led surveillance and enforcement capabilities," said Maurene Caplan Grey, founder and principal analyst of Grey Consulting. "When enacted in 2003 the majority of industry experts in the messaging and security markets declared the CAN-SPAM Act to be without merit. Overall, anti-spam legislation is ineffectual unless it is universally agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy and equally enforced across global country boundaries -- an unrealistic expectation over the next ten years." The Mirapoint Analyst Corner provides in-depth information on news and trends in the messaging market. The Analyst Corner serves as a resource for those interested in articles, reports and commentaries related to email messaging and messaging security from leading industry analysts. The Analyst Corner is updated on a monthly basis and features content from messaging experts such as Ferris Research, Grey Consulting, Osterman Research and the Radicati Group. Access to the Analyst Corner is free. Information on signing up to access the Analyst Corner can be found at www.mirapoint.com/analyst. About Mirapoint Founded in 1997, Mirapoint is the market leader in appliance-based solutions for secure message networks in enterprise, service provider, and education organizations, with more than 115 million mailboxes served and secured worldwide. Customers use Mirapoint appliances to build the messaging infrastructure that intelligently serves, secures and manages email. Mirapoint is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. For more information on Mirapoint, visit its Web site at www.mirapoint.com. (C) 2006 Mirapoint, Inc. All rights reserved. All company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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