[Mimedefang] Spammers who won't take no for an answer

[Kevin A. McGrail]

> Not that I'm particularly interested in US law, but wouldn't spamming
> itself break these laws? What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
> The '... with intent to ...' bit could be denied, but I'm sure spammers
> realise the effects of their activities on mail servers.
> In Australia, we have had Telstra refunding 50% of monthly access costs
> to users who couldn't send / receive mail because of the backlog of spam.
> I could argue that I had no intention of halting / disabling their
> systems, and was simply using smbdie in a pre-emptive attack ( no UN
> backing required ) with the goal of relieving the load on my mail server.

Actually, I'm proud to say that in Virginia it IS illegal and can even be a
felony to send SPAM.

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+18.2-152.3C1

> I accept, however, that the law is an ass, and what's more, it's an ass
> with a tendancy to favour corporate interests.
> Your warning, therefore was sensible.

Again, I agree with you 100% but I don't want someone ending up in jail for
this ;-)

KAM