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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. annoying, but not fatal by already_gone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    probably rates as one of the least of yOUR concerns as a planet/population in decline. additional defocus from what the 'real crooks' are up to, which is murder & mayhem for profit.

    1. Re:annoying, but not fatal by Atrax · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      you'll be modded OT for that, you know.

      While a lot of people would agree that yes, you may have a point, it's sometimes best to keep on the subject or run the risk of being called a yammering troll.

      myself, I'm holding judgement on CAN-SPAM until the verdicts are actually in. there's a lot of debate on how effective it may or may not be.

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    2. Re:annoying, but not fatal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Your post failed the Slashdot Troll Validator. Reason: missing oblig. "Get some priorities, people!" tagline.

  2. Re:Book em, Danno. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah, a bird hunter. Pointer or setter?

  3. fr1ust psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    coomiiterbase and

  4. Yes, by wiredog · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but only if you're poor or non-white.

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