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Good Guys 2, Spammers 0

Posted by timothy on from the except-for-the-rest-of-the-score dept.

JoeJob writes "A couple of victories in the legal war against spammers. First, a Washington resident has been awarded a $250,000 decision against a spammer that sent him 58,000 copies of a spam. Second, looks like the spammers who are trying to sue Spamhaus, SPEWS, and other spam blacklists have decided to tuck their tails and run. Let's hope this trend continues." If you care to celebrate this, one food springs to mind.

3 of 415 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Virus Spam by WellAren'tYouJustThe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well aren't you just the mail server king of your junior high school.

  2. Re:Fuck SPEWS by Geekboy(Wizard) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The problem isn't my ISP using them, it's other people using them. If my network neighbor spams you, how the fuck is it my fault? How is my ISP being a dork about it my fault?

    Under your "logic" (note the quotes), you would encourage a city to put up military roadblocks, and prevent anyone from going in, when they find one crack dealer in your neighborhood. And when you go to complain, noone exists. Not "you know their name, but don't have access to them", but "nobody knows their names, and we won't tell you".

    Fuck spews. Fuck them until they bleed, then fuck them harder.

  3. Re:Fuck SPEWS by Eggplant62 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The problem isn't my ISP using them, it's other people using them. If my network neighbor spams you, how the fuck is it my fault? How is my ISP being a dork about it my fault?
    Effectively, you've helped support the spammers also by providing the hosting ISP with your money to help them stay alive. Those of us who believe in the idea behind SPEWS feel that if you're paying a recalcitrant ISP for service, you're helping them stay alive and helping them to further support the spammers. Besides, why would you stay with an ISP that supports spammers?
    Under your "logic" (note the quotes), you would encourage a city to put up military roadblocks, and prevent anyone from going in, when they find one crack dealer in your neighborhood. And when you go to complain, noone exists. Not "you know their name, but don't have access to them", but "nobody knows their names, and we won't tell you".
    Tell that to the pizza shop two blocks over whose driver was beaten and robbed when he tried to deliver to the house next door to the crack house. It's nothing more than simply saying, "Until you stop providing support for Spammer X, we won't trade SMTP traffic with you."
    Fuck spews. Fuck them until they bleed, then fuck them harder.
    No, fuck you. Fuck you with a pitchfork.