Re: Spam filters

On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 10:38:00PM -0500, Hugo Haas wrote:
:
> I always wondered if it was possible to sue spammers - I am in
> the US, so why not?

The other day on the list-managers list I read:

   [...] some states have written anti-spam
   laws with teeth.  See www.suespammers.org.  One fellow in
   Colorado claims to have collected $13k from spammers (money in
   hand, not just court awards).

   -- murr rhame
      http://www.egroups.com/message/list-managers/10638
      mid:[email protected]

Hmm... seems like it was actually in Washington state, not
Colorado, unless that $13k is just a coincidence:

   [Suespammers] Suing Spammers Successfully in WA
   http://www.suespammers.org/pipermail/suespammers/2000-July/000318.html

(linked from http://www.suespammers.org/ )

--
Gerald Oskoboiny <[email protected]>
http://impressive.net/people/gerald/