At 2008-05-14 11:59, Bob Paddock wrote:
>> Yes, I agree, but the latest generations of internet
>> users probably don't understand what mailing lists are
>> anymore. Anyway, when you don't try these kind of things
>> you can't learn from the experience.
>
>I check some forums, and the experience I get from them, is that
>I want to have less time on them.
>
>> http://www.opta.nl/asp/en/ (English version)
>
>I can't even imagine how a government agency here would manage
>to screw spam up so it got worse, but they would find a way.

;-)

But OPTA works quite well for it's purposes:

http://www.opta.nl/asp/en/aboutopta/history.asp

Here is it's site for individual complaints
about spam:

https://www.spamklacht.nl/asp/ (in Dutch only it seems.)

I don't know how effective that is.

Here is an English explanation about that site:

http://www.opta.nl/asp/en/consumers/

Here is an (English) page about a fine of one
million euro for three companies and it's directors:

http://www.opta.nl/asp/en/publications/document.asp?id=2459

Greetings,
Jaap