The Wall Street Journal has a great section devoted to the evolving discussion on unsolicited email.

www.wsj.com/junkmail (subscription required)

Also, here are a few more reputable resources on the topic. Most of these are taken from the point of view of the public - better know as "your customers." The marketer's points of view can be found in other places, which I'll post later. For as much bitching as the DMA did on the DNC list, I'd like to see as much applied to the rights of legitimate permission-based e-mail marketers, and less effort on thwarting the progress of AIM.

• Pew Report: Spam Degrades Life on Internet
www.pewinternet.org

• Compilation of U.S. and international Spam laws
www.spamlaws.com

• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail
www.cauce.org

• Spam.org
www.spam.org

• Federal Trade Commission's Facts about Spam
www.ftc.gov

• Association for Interactive Marketing's Stop Spam page
www.interactivemarketing.org

• Report spam at SpamCop
www.spamcop.net

ClickZ: The 10 Biggest Spam Myths
- Rebecca Lieb lists the top ten misconceptions about spam. The column collects in one place a great many answers to some of the spam debates more controversial questions.