From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 2 04:07:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA25481 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 04:07:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wakko.visint.co.uk (wakko.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA25465 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 04:07:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steve@visint.co.uk) Received: from dylan.visint.co.uk (dylan.visint.co.uk [194.207.134.180]) by wakko.visint.co.uk (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA15563; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:07:15 GMT Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:07:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Stephen Roome To: David Kelly cc: Jamie Bowden , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: annoying spammers... In-Reply-To: <199712020158.TAA05538@nospam.hiwaay.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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/