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Spammers Fined A$5.5 million

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-lot-of-canned-pork dept.

Mick Bailey writes "A Perth company and it's director have been issued a A$5.5 million (approx. US$4 million) fine for breaching anti-spam laws. Australian IT watchers may be familiar with the director, Robert Mansfield — he's been personally fined A$1 million for the offenses. The Company, Clarity1, sent 280 million unsolicited emails of which 74 million hit mailboxes between 4/2004 and 4/2006."

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  1. There's no apostrophe in its when it's possessive! by Zweideutig · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The Slashdot editors need to go back to high school and learn basic English.

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  2. NANI?! by Macthorpe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dammit! Now my pen15 will never get any larger!

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