Four Big ISPs File Six Anti-Spam Suits

ackthpt writes "Wired is carrying news that Microsoft, America Online, Earthlink and Yahoo are filing suits against spammers under the CANSPAM act. They will 'follow the money' to find the perpetrators and shut them down. Suits currently filed against John Does will have actual names attached once subpoenas get the names of the actual persons. I wish them all the luck, as I clean about 500 pieces of drek a day from my mailboxes." Other readers point to coverage from the BBC and from the Associated Press (here's the AP story as carried by the Boston Globe).

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Considering the obviously sub-80s IQs of most spammers, I doubt if they even know this is about to happen. These are folks who would jump onto the subway tracks to retrieve a quarter even as a train approaches. They are clueless. Utterly and irretrievably clueless. Morons of the first water. Dim bulbs who have finally burned out.