The buzz over Google's new e-mail service is getting louder. On May 27, the California State Senate approved an amended bill that puts tough restrictions on e-mail providers who wish to scan their customers' e-mail messages for advertising purposes -- and every other email and instant messaging company for good measure. SB 1822, authored by California State Sen. Liz Figueroa (D-Fremont) in response to Google's email service, was recently revised by Sen. Figueroa to remove a key provision from the original bill that would have required providers to obtain the consent of anyone sending a message to a subscriber before the provider could scan messages. But it now regulates all forms of automated scanning of messages -- a technique widely used by providers for security, antispam, and other purposes.