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Texas Goes After Student Spammer

Posted by michael on from the no-pardons dept.

A number of people wrote in with this story: "Count Texas in the growing list of states fighting spammers with CAN-SPAM. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed the lawsuits today, charging a University of Texas student (and a cohort in California) with sending out millions of unsolicited commercial emails under the pseudonyms PayPerAction and Leadplex, among others. Spamhaus rates PayPerAction the #4 spammers in the world."

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  1. Lamest Spam Dvice Ever by TFGeditor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "There are two ways to see if you've been sent illegal spam:

    Check for misleading subject lines that are intended to trick people into opening them.
    Look for a Web page to submit contact information.

    This is where spam operators make their money.

    A consumer submits contact information to that Web site."

    Gawd, is there a group anywhere with a greater ignorance level than the "mainstream" media? (Be nice...)

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    Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
  2. Wouldn't it be easier... by JumperCable · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wouldn't it be easier if we all just told his fellow college students who he is & what he looks like. College students are well known for having fewer inhibitions about expressing how they feel.