Spam is not just a technology issue. It is a social issue, and it threatens something very dear: the viability of e-mail. Campuses struggle to support solutions that will control the costs of filtering spam, keep "false positives" to a minimum and not diminish their own marketing use of mass e-mails. The openness of the Internet, long touted as its greatest strength, also presents a threat--the problem of anything that is valued, free, and easily available. This document discusses the legislation of Spam and the steps that are being taken to filter out the bad from the good.