AOL Sues Spammers

mabu writes "Prompted by what they're reporting as over eight million complaints and the result of over a billion inbound junk e-mails, according to this press release, America Online is now stepping up its battle against spam by initiating five lawsuits against over a dozen companies and individuals. Let's hope this is the beginning of a more aggressive effort on the part of ISPs to prove to their users that they are seriously interested in addressing this issue, and at its source. I've maintained that this has never been a freedom of speech issue. It's more an issue of mail relay hijacking, forging header information, and exploiting third-party networks and resources. Perhaps if more ISPs took action, we might see the backbone providers doing so as well?"

Comments

Lemme get this straight...

[stevens]

...if I'm a subscriber, I get to see the dupes before anyone else? Cool.

well, at least the icon is different

[harlows_monkeys]

Oh well...at least this time it uses the little pig icon, instead of the AOL icon, so it's not a complete dupe of another story that is still on the fucking front page.

Question: how fucking hard would it be for Slashdot editors to at least read the current front page before posting stories????.

Idiots.

Reminder to Timothy:

[CSG_SurferDude]

Reminder to Timothy: You need to remember to logout of your terminal when you leave your desk (or at least lock your screen); otherwise CmdrTaco will post Dupes from your account.

BTW: The Secret Service will probably be giving you a call in the morning also... Taco CC'd all of us on your message to The President.

Re:Difference..

[Sj0]

We are Borg. We must all be of One mind.

Carl:Oh borg queen, I heard Frank having an independant thought!

Frank:I did not!

Carl:There! You did it again!

Frank:Stop that, goddamni it!

Carl:Or what?

Frank:Or.....I'll say that bombing Iraq is wrong.

Carl:Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ;p