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First Lawsuits Filed under Missouri's No-Spam Law

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the told-ya-we'd-shoot dept.

darksoulz writes "The St. Louis Business Journal is reporting that Jay Nixon, Missouri's attorney general, has filed the first lawsuits under the new no-spam law against two Florida spammers. The law doesn't totally prohibit spam, it just requires that the subject line be tagged to let consumers know that it is an advertisement. One of the lawsuit recipients even managed to spam an address maintained by the attorney general's office."

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  1. At least *one* part of the job is easy. by dbc · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of the lawsuit recipients even managed to spam an address maintained by the attorney general's office.

    This is surprising, why, exactly? Like spammers think: "Oh, this address is a government office, better delete it from my list."

    The AG has gotta love this... J. Random Prosecutor thinks: "Now, let's see, so many spammers, which ones should I prioritize most highly for investigation today? Just let me make a quick check of my in box....."

  2. Re:It's too bad California is being so specific. by ortholattice · · Score: 2, Funny
    3 can be obtained by a simple whois. Reverse track the relay servers, the website, do a whois on domain names of sending servers and you have this condition met.

    Ah, do I hear the wheels of progress already working on the next Mozilla extension? Imagine gleefully watching the California ones carefully plucked out of your Junk folder, optionally with PDF files of the necessary court papers ready to print and file.