Spam is an intolerable invasion of my private space. I don't live in the Internet. I work on a computer in my home. Nobody has a right to enter my home by any means except by my invitation. this is a constitutional right expressed in the forbidding of forced domiciling of military troops. Not all spam cn be blocked by my ISP software, e.g. when the spammer's address changes in subtle ways with each transmission.

Who cares about your privacy? I make a good living as a consultant building and securing mail servers. I am constantly upgrading and installing computer hardware and software. Myself and others like me practically keep the email industry alive. Microsoft, Symantec, Dell, and other companies would go broke without email. Everyone needs email, and not this Hotmail or AOL junk.

99% of my recurring calls for support and contract work are spam or virus related. I need that revenue stream. Antivirus and anti-spam software are the most profitable and consistent services I offer. I install anti-spam software and I would be out of business if junk mail weren't a problem. Vive la spam!

Reading the online filings gives a very interesting inside view of a spammer organization.

Thanks for posting this info.

-RA

The people sending Spam, is craming Garbage down
our throat's and care not one bit if we like it or want it.

The people sending Spam, is craming Garbage down
our throat's. They care less if we like it or not. I wish we could return the favor in some way..MY hat is off, to the DA of the State of New York....

I wish there was a way to send something right back at them. I wish I could reach right through the monitor and choke the S%@t out of 'em! Karl.

LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I can go to a doctor for my prscriptions, I know how to get a mortage, I don't want a remote control race car for the holidays, I don't want a cruise even if FREE..

"You may have the right to speak on the street corner, but you don't have the right to hold me there and force me to listen. Spammers have the right to send mail, but they don't have the right to sent it unbidden over the connection for which I pay and put it on the hard-drive I bought for other purposes. Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose --- and your right to send your bits ends at the interface to my network."

--- ANON

Thanks everyone for your comments. I've posted a follow-up item here: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/001165.html

The shortcut to the exhibit is broken, do you have a new location for it? The NYS OAG site search isn't helpful.

Here's the original URL, which no longer works:

http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2003/dec/syn2.pdf

I think someone should publish the street addresses of some of these spammer organizations, so we can sign them up to every junk postal offering going...

It would be just desserts!

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