US politicos turn to spam as an election booster

Both the Republican and Democratic parties over stateside have been sending out unsolicited campaign emails in an attempt to gather support for the US mid-term elections, says Sophos. The mails were sent out in the days leading to the 7th November election date and tried to persuade recipients to cast their votes to the email's respective parties.

Sophos says that the emails are not legally classed as spam, since US political parties get to ignore anti-spam legislation such as the CAN-SPAM Act.

Security boffs over at Sophos noted that not all those who received the emails have asked for or wanted them. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said in a press release: "A Sophos spamtrap is not a legitimate US voter, so why did it receive emails telling it to vote in the mid-term elections?"

"Isn't it time for politicians to abide by the same kind of internet etiquette guidelines that we would expect," continued Cluley. We at the INQ agree, and politely request that Cheney refrains from using wallhacks in CounterStrike. µ