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Four Big ISPs File Six Anti-Spam Suits

Posted by timothy on from the woodshed-time dept.

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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  1. Huh? by MachineShedFred · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft and AOL are evil.
    Spam is evil.

    Microsoft and AOL are fighting spam.

    Microsoft and AOL are fighting evil?

    My brain hurts...

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  2. Now this is... by enrico_suave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now this is a witch hunt I could get behind!

    Spammers are my inbox terrorists =(

    e.

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  3. Great. by Gannoc · · Score: 5, Funny


    Now i'm going to never get out of debt long enough to afford that penis enlargement.

  4. This should be at least amusing by LordZardoz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Most slashdotters seem to hate Microsofts army of Lawyers. Or, they hate lawyers in particular. Slashdotters also hate spammers

    Its always entertaining to see the anti-lawyer anti-corporate crowd actually agree with something that a lawyer heavy super corporation does.

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  5. This is terrible. by Gannoc · · Score: 5, Funny


    This is an biggest outrage. The only thinging that these companies will accomplish is the suppression of the super legitimate business methods for 100% legal legitimate businesses. This is shameful.

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