Four Big ISPs File Six Anti-Spam Suits

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:14PM from the woodshed-time dept.

ackthpt writes "Wired is carrying news that Microsoft, America Online, Earthlink and Yahoo are filing suits against spammers under the CANSPAM act. They will 'follow the money' to find the perpetrators and shut them down. Suits currently filed against John Does will have actual names attached once subpoenas get the names of the actual persons. I wish them all the luck, as I clean about 500 pieces of drek a day from my mailboxes." Other readers point to coverage from the BBC and from the Associated Press (here's the AP story as carried by the Boston Globe).

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Huh? (Score:5, Funny)

by MachineShedFred ( 621896 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:15PM (#8523007) Journal

Microsoft and AOL are evil.
Spam is evil.

Microsoft and AOL are fighting spam.

Microsoft and AOL are fighting evil?

My brain hurts...

Now this is... (Score:5, Funny)

by enrico_suave ( 179651 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:16PM (#8523015) Homepage

Now this is a witch hunt I could get behind!

Spammers are my inbox terrorists =(

e.

Re:I wonder how effective this will be... (Score:2, Funny)

by shepd ( 155729 ) writes: <slashdot@org.gmail@com> on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:16PM (#8523016) Homepage Journal

Spammers are like roaches. If you squash one, they don't go near that area until it's washed up.

With some luck, this'll send them into hiding for a while.

Re:Drek? (Score:3, Funny)

by Kenja ( 541830 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:17PM (#8523034)

"What the hell is drek?"
drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the VMS community. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also connector conspiracy.

Re:I wonder how effective this will be... (Score:4, Funny)

by notque ( 636838 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:18PM (#8523042) Homepage Journal

I bet it will have an effect, but more than likely the long-term effect will simply be to move even more of the spam off-shore.

This has been a trend that I've noticed for awhile. Soon all spam jobs will be moved off-shore, and our Government doesn't do anything to stop this.

Earthlink has personally been responsible for 3 severance packages I've recieved (3 ISPs, all bought by Earthlink, and my job phased out.)

Now they want to take away any possibility of me working to create, or to stop spam.

I'm outraged.

Re:Drek? (Score:4, Funny)

by annielaurie ( 257735 ) writes: <annekmadison@nosPAm.hotmail.com> on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:19PM (#8523050) Journal

It's the Yiddish word for shite, which is the Irish word for shit.

lobby for the spam filters! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:19PM (#8523061)

With this law the spam filter writers will have nothing to do! We must save the spam filter writers by imposing a tax on all emails .. spam or non spam!

Great. (Score:5, Funny)

by Gannoc ( 210256 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:21PM (#8523089)

Now i'm going to never get out of debt long enough to afford that penis enlargement.

Re:Huh? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:23PM (#8523118)

Think of this as a turf war between biker gangs.

You have the spammers muscling in on AOL and Microsoft's territory, scaring all their customers. And you have Microsoft and AOL retaliating by taking hits out on the opposing gang leaders.

Special Treatment (Score:2, Funny)

by Alien54 ( 180860 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:23PM (#8523121) Journal

We should give them special bright orange oversized eartags to help identify them. After all, this would only help keep track of them.
Besides, I am sure that plenty of people would volunteer to help out attaching them
Unless some has a better idea?

This should be at least amusing (Score:5, Funny)

by LordZardoz ( 155141 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:23PM (#8523125)

Most slashdotters seem to hate Microsofts army of Lawyers. Or, they hate lawyers in particular. Slashdotters also hate spammers

Its always entertaining to see the anti-lawyer anti-corporate crowd actually agree with something that a lawyer heavy super corporation does.

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Re:Drek? (Score:2, Funny)

by n()_cHIEFz ( 203036 ) writes: <nochiefs&hotmail,com> on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:24PM (#8523132) Homepage

First SPAM in my computer now shite? I shudder to think what substance will fill my computer next...

Re:Four Big ISPs File Six Anti-Spam Suits (Score:2, Funny)

by njcoder ( 657816 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:26PM (#8523153)

Damn! Where've you been? Those butterfly commercials much seem even weirder to you then.

Re:Huh? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:28PM (#8523173)

It's nothing but hot evil-on-evil action!

This is terrible. (Score:5, Funny)

by Gannoc ( 210256 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:30PM (#8523210)

This is an biggest outrage. The only thinging that these companies will accomplish is the suppression of the super legitimate business methods for 100% legal legitimate businesses. This is shameful.

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Re:Four Big ISPs File Six Anti-Spam Suits (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:36PM (#8523285)

"Since when has Microsoft been an ISP?"

I have to agree with the question since when has MSN been an ISP?

I thought you were suppose to "provide" access to the internet to be an ISP not just "offer" access and give you busy signals.

depends on how you shut them down (Score:4, Funny)

by Rai ( 524476 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:40PM (#8523322) Homepage

Lawsuits are too common, but something like driving masonry nails into their kneecaps would get more attention.

I should have been an inquisitor :)

Re:Special Treatment (Score:5, Funny)

by lostboy2 ( 194153 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:40PM (#8523325)

Unless some has a better idea?

How about force-feeding them one can of Spam for every spam message they sent? You are what you eat, so maybe you should eat what you are.

Re:We all get spam but... (Score:2, Funny)

by MooseByte ( 751829 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:41PM (#8523338)

"Unless you actually respond to some of those free pr0n or enlargment offers"

So you're saying it was a mistake to join the penis enlargement mailing list? Damn! I knew it!

UsE BayEsIAn Filters NOW erxcyx.d3q 218 prolific (Score:3, Funny)

by vivin ( 671928 ) writes: <vivin,paliath&gmail,com> on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @02:52PM (#8523461) Homepage Journal

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Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)

by fdiskne1 ( 219834 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @03:12PM (#8523675)

Microsoft and AOL are evil.
Spam is evil.

Microsoft and AOL are fighting spam.

Microsoft and AOL are fighting evil?

When things like this happen, my thoughts are "Evil vs Evil. I hope the battle does much damage to both sides with the most evil (spam) being destroyed in the process." Hey, you've got to have priorities.

Re:Special Treatment (Score:4, Funny)

by milkman_matt ( 593465 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @03:42PM (#8524014)

Unless some has a better idea?

How about just posting their info on /.? You remember what happened last time don't you? :)

-matt

Re:I wonder how effective this will be... (Score:3, Funny)

by The_K4 ( 627653 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @03:52PM (#8524110)

Spoken like someone with dozens of dead roaches in his kitchen floor......

isn't it ironic (Score:2, Funny)

by olscratch69 ( 697288 ) writes: on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @04:23PM (#8524461) Homepage

Aren't these the same people that made crappy service or product and alowed most of the spam in the first place.

Re:I wonder how effective this will be... (Score:3, Funny)

by _Sharp'r_ ( 649297 ) writes: <sharper@@@booksunderreview...com> on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @04:43PM (#8524694) Homepage Journal

Yeah, it's those evil corporations again, suing hardworking spammers and driving more jobs offshore...

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Huh? (Score:5, Funny)

Now this is... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I wonder how effective this will be... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Drek? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I wonder how effective this will be... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Drek? (Score:4, Funny)

lobby for the spam filters! (Score:2, Funny)

Great. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Huh? (Score:4, Funny)

Special Treatment (Score:2, Funny)

This should be at least amusing (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Drek? (Score:2, Funny)

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Re:Huh? (Score:1, Funny)

This is terrible. (Score:5, Funny)

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depends on how you shut them down (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Special Treatment (Score:5, Funny)

Re:We all get spam but... (Score:2, Funny)

UsE BayEsIAn Filters NOW erxcyx.d3q 218 prolific (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Special Treatment (Score:4, Funny)

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isn't it ironic (Score:2, Funny)

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