Is there really anyway they can enforce something like this anyway? I mean it is easy enough just to put up a mail server and never have to touch any government agency...unless they scanned every bit of traffic on everyone's internet connection which I think runs dangerously close to violation on privacy....or would the patriot act allow them to do just that for some silly tax? Dan Lansing -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Richard Hoffbeck Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:35 AM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [Politech] Stupid Senate Tricks: Mark Dayton says emailtaxwill kill spam On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Chuck Cole wrote: >He's DFL.. only knows to tax and spend :-) > > I suppose the left's constant need to use taxes for social engineering could bother me, but Dayton's complete ignorance of the structure of the internet and the heavy regulation required to actually levy an e-mail tax bothers me a lot more. --rick _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list