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by Navarr 5420 days ago
Clearly: Its illegal.

I assume due mainly to the cost to consumers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_spam#Criminality_a...

If we were charged on the amount of emails received, it might be illegal to receive spam through that as well :p

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Would it be impossible to make email spam illegal?

Why was it possible to make SMS spam, but not email, illegal?

Email spam is illegal in countries that enforce the CAN-SPAM act.
Why isn't the CAN-SPAM act enforced, say in the US?