Alan Ralsky Gripes About Can Spam Act

fdiskne1 writes "The New York Times has an interview with Alan Ralsky, commonly known as the world's worst spammer. CNet News.com is running the same interview. Ralsky admits using open relays and virus-infected PCs and not honoring unsubscribe lists. He complains about having to comply with the new CAN-SPAM law will cost him an additional $3000 in costs to set up a genuine opt-out list. Anyone here feel sorry for him? Okay, I'm biased, but I can't wait until we see him in prison."

Comments

Re:Calling him an ass for those quotes wreaks of..

[Mike Hawk]

Wow, I thought one couldn't steal things that don't exist in physical form. If one can't steal things that aren't real, how could there be a theft? *Chink* What was that sound? The armor of slashbot think again.

Shoes on the other foot, shoes on the other foot...

Re:You'll find the same thing all over...

[MSBob]

You can kiss my legitimate ass, spammer. There is no legitimate email marketing. You're all seedy types. Even if you aren't sending spam directly (only soliceted mail as you allege) you keep selling e-mail addresses to spammers. How do I know this? By playing with e-mail. I set up throwaway accounts and opted in or sometimes just subscribed to services just to see how long it took for the account to start receiving spam. It was always under a week before the account would begin receiving junk mail. There's a special place in hell for you lot.