Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
President Of Junk E-Mail Company Abdicates, Apologizes
Online
PHILADELPHIA, Posted 2:45 p.m. April 15,
1998 -- The "Spam King" has declared himself
dethroned.
Good riddance, says anybody who's had their
e-mail box stuffed with spam, what online folks
have dubbed commercial bulk e-mail -- or junk
e-mail.
Sanford Wallace is the president of Cyber
Promotions Inc., a junk e-mail company that once sent out as many as 25
million unsolicited ads, according to The Associated Press.
Wallace, hardly embarrassed about his reputation for being the most
hated
man on the Internet, likes to refer to himself as "Spamford."
Now, the wire service says that he has apologized to his unwilling
subjects
and promised to stop flooding their e-mail boxes.
Over the weekend, he reportedly sent a message to his critics on an
Internet
newsgroup dedicated to fighting spam. He said he will never go back to
his
old ways. Instead, writes AP, he will support anti-spam legislation.
Hmmm.
The Spam King also tells the wire service he's been worn down by legal
battles and the struggle to get his operations back online.
Let's hope he's sincere and that his spamming subordinates follow his
lead.
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