On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:56:33 +0100 Taco Walstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> which search the net for email addresses. Unfortunately such > programs grow > more detailed in years, so they only look for recent messages of > course, resulting in your address in the new spam list. > Your email address can by the way also be found on your website. And > robots also look on webpages... <snip> > Second: your tiscali provider should help with filtering spam > already. > Contacting a provider is however a difficult business. > The positive news is that the first spammer has been brought before > court in > the US. > taco In fact, one particularly sleazy spammer has been convicted in Virginia and is facing a 7-year sentence. His lawyer is appealing, of course, but bail has been set at a million dollars (contending that there is a risk he will flee the country), so he is still in jail while the appeal is being processed. The bad news is that one of his coconspirators got off with a "not guilty" verdict and another with only a $7500 fine. Spamming has become an organized business. Some insight into why the messages tend to come in waves can be obtained by reading the article here: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1716992,00.asp and following the links therein, if you are interested. Daniel Heiman
