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It's a Spam Cheek
In the good old days of the Internet you would open up you
email programmes looking forward to having a message from
a friend or someone who likes/hates what you write. It was
a pleasure that you eagerly looked forward to.
Nowadays it is with dread that you open up email as you know
that within the 20 or so initial overnight emails you will
have 10 viruses, eight spam messages, one from your IP and
only one that contains something of interest.
And why are we plagued by this problem?
Firstly, the virus creators are little soft-dicks who have
nothing better to do with their time than be annoying little
crapheads. It doesn't help that there are still a huge number
of duffers out there in cyberland who will open emails with
attachments.
Secondly, people make money out of sending unsolicited emails
marketing all sorts of things from inkjet cartridges, to getting
more web traffic, to fixing up your love life with the new
viagra, to getting rid of soiled underpants.
Spammers are the bane of the Internet and should be tracked
down and have the pants sued off them for intruding upon our
cyberspace.
However in Perth we had the
case of a spamming company trying to sue someone who allegedly
got their IP address blocked so it couldn't spam people.
This company t3 direct, connected with The Which Company,
was earning $1000 a day by ruining our lives with junk mail
and so took court action against this most excellent chappie
for his alleged efforts on behalf of all good and true folk.
The case is reaching its sharp end with the evil company
staring down the barrel of having its case thrown out because
it cannot prove that the chap actually contacted the organisation
that blocked their emails - Spam Prevention Early Warning
System or SPEWS (love the name).
The judge has reserved his decision until 7 October and the
company will no doubt be hoping that he isn't on the Net.
Fancy spamming the guy who is to rule on your court case!
Anyway, all power to the little battler and I wish him well.
As for the company - well tough faeces, your business gives
me the screaming squits.
If there is something that has really got up your nose,
let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com
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