http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/30/technology/30spam.html
> Not long ago, Mr. Ralsky, like many other bulk e-mailers, had high > hopes that the new federal law would help legitimize his operation. > ... He said that he was counting on Internet providers, in return, > to stop trying to block his messages. Bwhahahahaha!!! > "The law was not written for a commercial e-mailer," he [Mr. Ralsky] > said. "I don't think what they are doing is fair." Awwww. I just feel *sooo* sorry for him. > He suggested that the law was largely a plot by the big companies > that connect homes and businesses to the Internet to keep all the > profits from online marketing for themselves. Hahaha! Hahahahaha!! Oh, oh, stop it, you're killing me... > "I am the oldest spammer you know of," Mr. Ralsky said. Noooo, that would be Canter and Seigel; doesn't he even know the history of his own scummy industry? > Mr. Ralsky then redoubled his efforts to use fake names and other > techniques so his e-mail could not be easily traced. ... Mr. Ralsky > said that he was uncomfortable about this deception, but that he had > no choice. "Is putting bogus information in your registrations the > right way to do business?" he asked. "No. But the Internet world has > forced me to do that." So, here we have a business man who's entirely OK with violating the contracts he signs with other businesses (namely, the ISPs). Who in their right mind would do business with someone like that? -- Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute, but set him on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Advanced SPAM filtering software: http://spamassassin.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
