Laura Gurak asks, "Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam they are getting?" Yes, I have. I observe that much of this material seems to come via third-world nations, especially Russia. This means that European privacy laws -- and North American laws, when they are created -- will not be of much use in stopping the problem. A vast amount of the spam I am getting these days is HTML mail that has embedded links that do not work with my email program. I couldn't respond if I wanted to do so. -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Technology and Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management Visiting Professor Advanced Research Institute School of Art and Design Staffordshire University