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AOL Sues Five Spam Companies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 300-a-day-and-rising dept.

sugapablo writes "AOL has filed lawsuits against five spamming companies, seeking damages in the millions for unwanted email. As the AP reports, AOL hasn't actually figured out who all the defendants are though, filing the lawuits against some "John Does" and attempting to "subpoena service providers and others to try to track down the spammers"."

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  1. AOL should sue themselves by wiggys · · Score: 4, Funny

    So can I sue AOL for spamming me with all those frigging CDs?

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    Sorry, but my karma just ran over your dogma.

    1. Re:AOL should sue themselves by Andy+Tanenbaum · · Score: 5, Funny

      No joke. At least those damn AOL floppies could be overwritten and put to use. AOL could have the decency to spam with CD-RW discs.

  2. Re:Overseas spammers? by azzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't it be funny if they all turned out to be AOL customers...

  3. This did not happen by Mohammed+Al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is yet another lie. These companies did not send any spam. Today we slaughtered them in the airport. They are out of Saddam International Airport. The force that was in the airport, this force was destroyed. The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!

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    Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
  4. I'm Confused by Col.+Panic · · Score: 4, Funny

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Lesser of two evils? I'm not sure how to feel about this. I think I'll hate them both.

  5. Hmm, maybe somebody else should sue spammers.. by xXunderdogXx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't the people who make SPAM (the pseudomeat product) sue spammers for defamation of a brandname?

  6. Re:Maybe their lawyers should ask me by Latent+IT · · Score: 4, Funny

    So... in theory, all I need is an "open" relay, use firewall rules to prevent it from actually sending mail out, and then... I can harvest a list of millions of e-mail addresses that's as good as what the spamming pros use, since it's their list?

    Holy crow.

    Now, if only I hated humanity enough to actually put this plan into action...

  7. You hate aol users? by SteveXE · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dont know why you would hate AOL users, i got AOL back in 97, and i still have an account, i also have DSL but not through aol, while i agree for the most part aol sucks it does have it uses in areas other then community. Its also the worlds only free ISP, call and say you wanna quit and you get 2-3 months free, when thats up call again...and again...and again

  8. Re:Go AOL! by ryanvm · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hate AOL and all their users

    That's okay - I'm sure they still respect you, 1337 h4x0r.