From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 25 15:19:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA15556 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:19:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA15550 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 15:19:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id JAA06419; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:48:55 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971126094855.45022@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:48:55 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Susie Ward Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Speaking of Spam (Was Re: We will mail 4 U) References: <3.0.32.19971125140320.006b4240@mail.voltage.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971125140320.006b4240@mail.voltage.net>; from Susie Ward on Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 02:03:21PM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 02:03:21PM -0600, Susie Ward wrote: > Some of you may be interested in reading about a recent court case an ISP > won against a spammer. > > http://www.zilker.net/nospam.html > > The ruling was November 11th, so many of you may have already heard about > it :) More to the point, read the judgement: http://www.zilker.net/nospam/judgment.html Unfortunately, this particular case involved abuse of a domain name (flowers.com), and this, coupled with a disruption of Zilker's operations, were the basis of the judgement. Still, it's nice to see that things are happening. Greg