Following the introduction of America's anti-spam CAN-SPAM Act in January 2004, junk e-mailing fell briefly but then shot up again (see chart).

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In 2003, Congress solved the problem of spam email with the CAN-SPAM Act, which authorized Federal Trade Commission lawsuits against chronic spammers.

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The CAN-SPAM Act, which is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, established our first national standards for sending electronic mail.

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