Consumer groups: Ban the spam Spam is ``the first major consumer issue of the 21st Century'' according to several consumer clusters that petitioned the Federal Trade Commission last week to degree up enforcement and create an e-mail command similar to the FTC's telemarketing sales control Calling spam e-mail ``an epidemic.

Consumer groups: Ban the spam

Spam is ``the first major consumer issue of the 21st Century'' according to several consumer clusters that petitioned the Federal Trade Commission last week to degree up enforcement and create an e-mail command similar to the FTC's telemarketing sales control Calling spam e-mail ``an epidemic,'' the Telecommunications and Research Action Center the National Consumer League and Consumer Action want the FTC to turn the thoughts beyond obvious product scams it has been prosecuting and also take onward e-mailers who use phony header and expose lines to push legitimate issues They want the rule to require each commercial