>>Time for some international legislation, basically making spam illegal. If individual regions, like California, or the European Union, make Spam illegal, spammers can simply send from outside. And technological solutions can be circumvented, too.
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>Well, that's a big word. Most of them allows them to be sent but only if the email include a way to unsubscribe. I've seen that before in several places. I don't know if some of them improved in that area since then.

Yes, I have seen this. This is ridiculous, since I will then have to unsubscribe from all the millions of companies that might potentially spam me (if they even respect the unsubscribe request).

I understand the legislation in the EU is more strict, only allowing mass mailings in certain circumstances, like when there is a former client relationship.

I certainly hope the World will gradually awake to the need of measures that are more strict than just the ridiculous "unsubscribe option". I also hope that the need will eventually be seen to have international agreements in this respect.