Front Door | Entertainment & Media | Search | One Week View http://www.news.com Direct marketers want anti-spam laws By Declan McCullaghStaff Writer, CNET News.comOctober 21, 2002, 3:48 PM PThttp://news.com.com/2100-1023-962821.html The Direct Marketing Association said Monday that unsolicited e-mail has become so noxious that a federal anti-spam law is finally necessary. Until now, the DMA has opposed the majority of anti-spam bills in Congress or offered only lukewarm support. But the ever-rising tide of junk e-mail has made the influential trade association rethink its stand. "Even legitimate business' messages are not being looked at because of the get-rich-quick schemes and pornography and so forth," Jerry Cerasale,...