Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:07:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: annoying spammers... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971202120537.13242D-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199712020158.TAA05538@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, David Kelly wrote: > I've often wondered if problems like this couldn't be solved cheaply > with lawyers. Yes, I said "cheap" and "lawyer" in the same sentence. > The idea goes something like this, you advertise for a law firm, > publicly. You offer a deal whereby you forward all your spam to the law > firm. The law firm gets to keep any $ they collect from spammers. The > law firm pays you time and material for a connection to your ISP and any > support required in court. This isn't quite what I was thinking when I suggested calling in lawyers, but on the whole smoeone claiming to be me can probably be traced eventually and I'd hope/expect that the case would be an easy win. > Wonder if it would work? Probably/Possibly/Hopefully, any of these, I'd try it. Steve -- Steve Roome - Vision Interactive Ltd. Tel:+44(0)117 9730597 Home:+44(0)976 241342 WWW: http://dylan.visint.co.uk/
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