Spammers Are Lower Than Dirt
So, I decided to check to see how many spams I got in a 24 hour period. 626 were filtered by my junkmail filter. 236 were not. 862 spams in 24 hours = approximately 1 spam every 2 minutes. Every two minutes some idiot is using my resources to send me crap about prescription drugs, penis enlargements, and how to give money to all of these people dying of horrible diseases.
And what has "Can Spam" done about this? Not a damned thing. So instead, AOL wants to charge businesses .01 for every single commercial email sent to AOL members while AOL members can spam at will for free. AOL doesn't differentiate between DESIRED commercial emails for which their members sign up, and unsolicited mail. So how is AOL going to figure out what email is commercial and which is some get rich quick scumbag claiming fatal disease to glom money off of well meaning individuals who want to help?
AOL's "solution" is just as bad as the "Can Spam" act, except that legitimate businesses will pay, and spammer twits will continue their free ride off of the rest of us.