>I'm locked into a situation involving a spammer. > >Does anyone know any of the legal issues involved. > >Are there any laws on the books making it illegal?
That depends on your location. In the U.S., there are several states with laws against *certain* spam issues (IE forging return addresses). >What can I do as an ISP? Can I block their mail? Their website? Their >entire Class C? > >Is there any law supporting this? That depends on many factors -- are they a customer of yours spamming (in which case what does your TOS say?), or are they connecting without your permission? >My attorney has a problem with the definition of "spam" as well (aside >from the canned meat, of course). FWIW, the canned meat is "SPAM" (all caps), whereas unwanted E-mail is "spam" (all lowercase). You may want to go to http://law.spamcon.org/ as a resource. I won't comment on the spamcon.org association, but they should have good information at that URL. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
