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Stop sending spam

So tomorrow, Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2426 comes into force. This is the legal means by which the UK Government hopes to tackle the spam problem.

Here's the key paragraph:

A person shall neither transmit, nor instigate the transmission of, unsolicited communications for the purposes of direct marketing by means of electronic mail unless the recipient of the electronic mail has previously notified the sender that he consents for the time being to such communications being sent by, or at the instigation of, the sender.