Australia Spam Act 2003
Part 2: Rules for sending commercial electronic messages – Australia Spam Act 2003

Australia Spam Act 2003 s16-6: s 16(6) Do not send commercial messages to addresses not believed to exist

No one may send, or have sent, a commercial electronic message with an Australian link (other than a designated message) to a non-existent electronic address without some reason to believe that address was real. This catches dictionary attacks and randomly generated or guessed addresses and numbers. The same lack-of-knowledge exception for the Australian link applies, with the evidential burden on the sender. It is a civil penalty provision in the higher tier.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

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