Wietse Venema put forth on 4/11/2011 6:07 PM: > Stan Hoeppner: >> Have you heard of a case of an SMTP sender suing an SMTP receiver for >> message rejection, and winning the case? > > http://www.spamhaus.org/organization/statement.lasso?ref=3 > > They sued, and the US judge awarded them US$11.7 million for damages.
I can't believe you quoted this case as an example meeting the criteria of the scenario above. It's not even close, and it's a horrible example of any spam legal case. In the infamous e360 vs. Spamhaus case, a US spammer sued a foreign DNSBL operator (not an SMTP receiver rejecting his messages), and won by default in absentia, by gaming the US court system into assuming jurisdiction over a foreign entity. The judge stupidly obliged the plaintiff by never verifying jurisdiction, and entered a default judgment when Spamhaus withdrew from the case after the judge's refusal to examine jurisdiction. Again, a horrible case to use as an example, and especially when it doesn't fit the scenario being discussed. -- Stan
