For several months the FTC has been under pressure to create an E-mail "Do Not Spam" list similar to the "Do Not Call" list created for marketing phone calls. The FTC has decided that such a list will not work and may in fact be counterproductive to the issue.
I agree 100%. Spammers are not easily tracked down. They change names, ISPs, computers, etc. They will not think twice about ignoring the list. In fact my bet would be within 48 hours of the creation of such a list some hacker will have the list available for purchase. The Internet is not the phone system (yet), the same tools do not apply. Although not perfect, I think the sender identification methods currently being tested by major Internet players will be a much better solution to this problem.
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