One gets the idea that many in this thread have had little experience of litigation. I don't know about the US, but in the UK, you're talking *many* months and much paperwork. That being said. I'm so up for suing the SOB's ... hit em where it hurts.
A small addendum, once a private prosecution is achieved, a criminal one (with perhaps damages) should be easier. Any EU lawyers got an opinion on this? I'm taking 5 - 20k a day spam - I would dearly love to recoup my time/money. KR Nigel On Sun, 14 May 2006 09:35:37 -0700, Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Scott Warren wrote: >> You ask this like you know who the spammers are and where to find >> them. If this is the case and spammers are that easy to find, why are >> we not reading more articles like the one where a spammer in the >> former Soviet Republic was found beaten to death in his apartment?? >> >> Sure, sue them if you can, but I get the feeling that those drone >> computers over seas sending out the spam might not show up in court. >> >> -- Scott >> My 2 cents on spam: www.knyght.net/badspam.htm >> >I'm not looking to take on the soviet mafia I'm looking for US based >spamers who are clearly breaking the law and who can be found and sued.