Anti-Spam and email harassment issues are addressed with possible legal actions and report contacts. Users can note preventative measures.

Bill establishes a panel of Internet representatives, including direct marketers, to create voluntary recommendations for direct marketing.

Learn about unsolicited bulk email and the problems it causes, and find out about proposed legislative solutions.

Bill to prohibit senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail from disguising the source of their messages and other requirements.

Read a bill which expands laws relating to the misuse of telephones to apply to email as well.

Bill forbids a person to send or cause to be sent unsolicited email to solicit the purchase of real property, goods or services.

Prohibits sending certain unsolicited email under certain circumstances. Does not apply to persons having a preexisting business relationship.

Read the text of a law which makes it illegal to transfer advertising costs to the recipients of spam.

Read about a law which makes illegal several distribution and concealment strategies used by spammers.

Introduces and details the Electronic Mailbox Protection Act of 1997. Drafted with help from the Direct Mail Marketing Association.

Explores whether junk email should be legally protected. Reviews recent cases that have dealt with the topic in the First Amendment context.

Read about this bill aimed to protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail. From the Library of Congress.

Access this bill aimed to protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail. From the Library of Congress.