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"Spam King" Agrees to Stop Spamming For Now

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the break-in-the-action dept.

Sandman writes "The AP is reporting that so called "Spam King" Sanford Wallace has agreed to stop spamming... at least temporarily until the FTC suit is settled" At best this is a precursor of things to come, and at worst it's a nice break.

11 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. Spam? by elid · · Score: 4, Informative

    It seems from the article that he's going to stop using spyware, not sending spam.

  2. Re:Interesting by kaustik · · Score: 1, Informative

    The article is in reference to spyware, not spam.

  3. When? When China is Partitioned. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative
    Although this fellow is a the "Spam King", the majority of spam comes from China, which includes Taiwan province and Hong Kong. There will be no significant drop in spam until we can stop spam that is being ejaculated out of China.

    In short, unless we invade, conquer, and partition China into harmless entities (thus liberating Tibet), the spam will never stop and will clog up our Internet fiber and coaxial cables.

  4. Interesting article from '99 about Wallace. by PocketPick · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gotta love this:

    "I'm not spamming again," Wallace said in an interview with CNET News.com. "I am the most antispam person alive because of the trouble my old company got into."

    Apparently he didn't mean it.Here's the full article: http://news.com.com/Is+the+king+of+spam+back+in+bu siness/2100-1023_3-220427.html

  5. Re:When? When China is Partitioned. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry, US is the source of the majority of spam.

  6. Ya right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    spam king's promise not to spam is like promising not to send more emails after clicking the un-subcribe link for rolexes. >.

  7. If only... by CypherXero · · Score: 2, Informative

    We could bring down all the spammers.

  8. Re:Wait a min... Sanford starting to SPAM AGAIN?!? by techno-vampire · · Score: 4, Informative

    I can't talk about any of the other ISPs, but I was at Earthlink when they sued him. The restraining order prevented him from using our servers to relay his spam. That's all. Of course, now, the Earthlink servers don't allow relaying, so he can't do that anyway unless he had an account with them. (BTW, Earthlink also blocks outgoing port 25 to keep their customers from relaying through other servers.)

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  9. Liar. by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rule 1. Spammers lie.

    Rule 2. If spammer seems to be telling the truth, see Rule 1.

    Rule 3. Spammers are stupid.

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  10. Article refers to passthison.com by Serveert · · Score: 4, Informative

    passthison.com would set your homepage in order to generate impressions and get more revenue. The homepage would give you anti-virus/trojan ads.

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  11. Follow the Bouncing Malware! by Cef · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Internet Storm Centre's "Follow the Bouncing Malware" diary entries (written by Tom Liston) covers passthison.com (which belongs to Spamford). Quite a good read.

    Following the Bouncing Malware: Part I
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2004-07-23

    Following the Bouncing Malware: Part II
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2004-08-23

    Following the Bouncing Malware: Part III
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2004-11-04

    Following the Bouncing Malware: Part IV
    http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?date=2004-11-24