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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  September, 2003  

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By Doug Bedell, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 25--NINE SPAM BILLS, ZERO SOLUTIONS: Members of Congress entered the year determined to get a federal law wrapped around the growing spam problem. They are likely to leave 2003 with nothing to show.

Nine bills have been proposed. None is close to a vote.

Meanwhile, junk e-mail continues to rise. Last month, the Brightmail anti-spam service estimated that unsolicited e-mail accounts for more than half of all message traffic.

Each of the proposed laws now in Congress takes a different tack. ...

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