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> From: Chris Bartram <[log in to unmask]>
> > This seems to be a growing problem.  I've heard of a number of cases
> > like this recently where the spammers pick some poor site at random
> > and suddenly forward 100,000 email messages through that site.  In
> > some cases the spammers may refuse to stop even when contacted while
> > the spamming is in progress.  Now THIS is a practice that I would
> > like to see become a federal crime! (Explicitly that is, since it's
> > probably already covered by some computer crime laws as theft of
> > services)

There's a well-known firm in this part of the country called
CyberPromotions which in a well-publicized story, lost it's ISP
connection, according to the story, due to the lack of payment and the
spamming they do.  Also according to subsequent stories, they have taken
to dropping their spam into blind accounts and bulk mailing their spam.

And with a "reputable" marketing firm, which CyberPromotions has billed
itself, "REMOVES" do not work with them either.  It just gets you more.

>
> Take it from one who has recently tried to invoke law enforcement on
> 'net interlopers - hang it up. Unless you can quote damages in 5+
digits,
> they don't have time to pursue "small potatoes".
>

Maybe this ought to be the target of the Decency Communications Act <g>
--- lemme go down to the courthouse in Philly and get it before the judge
handling it <g>

Best,
Joe

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