Exports of Spam from China are down
Posted on May 10, 2010
Many of the things we use in our daily lives are manufactured in China. However, according IndiaServer.com, China has dropped from the number 2 global producer of spam in 2006 and now holds the number 15 place.
A primary reason given for the decline is increased government regulation for Chinese email services that went into effect in March 2010.
E-mail service providers are required to register the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of their e-mail servers with the authorities. They have also taken other measures like keeping logs of e-mail traffic, including the IP addresses of all e-mail senders and recipients, for two months.
Service providers that violate the new regulations are fined up to 30,000 yuan ($3,729).
