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Spammers Sue Spam Victim For $4 Million

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-a-lot-of-pork dept.

fronck writes "Self-declared anti-spammer Mark Mumma, a web hosting and email service provider, has apparently been sued for just under $4 million by cruise.com and their parent company Omega World Travel after they were ordered to stop sending him emails and comply with Oklahoma's CAN-SPAM act. Mumma intends to see the trial through court and meanwhile the spam continues unabated. More insight available at Ars Technica."

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  1. Re:What a great ad! by Crudely_Indecent · · Score: 0, Troll

    From his own website (suedbyaspammer.com) he has copies of the messages sent. From the looks of it, there would be a ZERO LEVEL OF DIFFUCULTY configuring a filter for these messages (at least using my spam filter on my server).

    Block their IP addresses and move along. Increase scoring for 'cruise.com' and go on about your business. Search for the image names within the email and delete the message and take your girlfriend to dinner. Do something other than complain!!

    How pathetic can these liberals get. Oh no, someone sent me an email that I don't want....shall I try to deal with this problem using the tools available to me, or shall I complain to an overburdened uncle sam, or shall I beg for money using a paypal account. Decisions, decisions......I think I'll beg and complain.

    How many "R0I3X","R_o_l_e_x", etc... messages were sent a few months back? Those were a burden because there were so many of them....but it only took a few days to wittle those millions of messages down to a few that snuck through. What we have here is a case of an admin that isn't worth his salt. Unfortunately, the world is full of those.

    How freaking pathetic. After receiving 2 of these messages, I would have blocked this 'cruse.com' crap and went on about my business. No litigation, no threats, no more cruise.com spam.

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    "Lame" - Galaxar
  2. Re:trans fats not that bad by glesga_kiss · · Score: 0, Troll
    Cuba is in the top 5 for MOST of the mortality-rate categories, including many things that you'd never die of in the USA, Japan or Europe

    So? Take a look at the page for the USA. There are FAR more entries than Cuba has in a top ten. Granted, a lot are possive things, but scroll down to the mortality section...there are about 4 or 5 pages worth! Cuba had a handfull...

    One thing the USA will never be top for is charity, or economic aid is it's properly known. Another delusional bubble burst...

    They're also hold multiple top positions for refugees...

    Who's fault is that, cough cough economic/medical/imigration sanctions? All because the US funded Bay Of Pigs terrorist attacks failed to top Castro.