[Mimedefang] WAY OT: Dulles-Based AOL Teams with Top ISPs to Sue Spammers

[Kevin A. McGrail]

This was such happy news, I had to post it!

o Dulles-Based AOL Teams with Top ISPs to Sue Spammers 

Dulles, Va. -- Several prominent Internet service providers, including
Dulles-based America Online, Earthlink, Microsoft and Yahoo, have teamed
to file lawsuits against hundreds of habitual Internet spammers. The
companies say they have shared information and resources in targeting
several hundred defendants, who they say collectively sent out millions of
unwanted commercial e-mails to their subscribers in violation of the new
U.S. "Can Spam" Act. The law, which went into effect Jan. 1, allows for
harsh new penalties against large-scale spammers that use fraud, deceit
and evasion to try to send junk e-mail to consumers. "Congress gave us the
necessary tools to pursue spammers with stiff penalties, and we in the
industry didn't waste a moment," said Randall Boe, AOL's executive vice
president and general counsel. The suits have been filed in California,
Georgia, Virginia and Washington state.

http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/press_view.cfm?release_num=55253838

Regards,
KAM