In China You Belong to the Man
Apr 21 2006
China has enacted a new law that regulates the ownership and use through licensing of email servers. It is a good approach as a large volume of spam originates from servers and zombie servers in China. I know that we are looking at entering China this year and knowing the rules of each country, and especially these, really helps is your strategy to new markets.
China uses spam law to take over email providers
China’s new spam law hides a couple of disturbing details:
1. Email Service Providers must be licensed to operate, and;.
2. ESPs must keep copies of everyones’ mail for 2 months..Those who submit then get the opportunity to negotiate China’s version of CAN-SPAM’s gauntlet, including “ADV” in commercial message Subject lines, stop sending on request, and no open relays or zombies.
The Chinese law doesn’t seem all that different from Western efforts… until you consider the way things really work today as the authoritarian country that birthed several of the world’s greatest civilizations marches to its new reality, as the Backgrounder that follows shows.
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