Read the story to see how this guy, who was doing something that might fall under civil as well got nailed as federal. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/179
> Arrested? I could see a lot of trouble, but surly this would be a civil > case. They could sue the pants off you and send your finances back to the > stone age making sure you never make a penny for yourself again. Doubly bad, > since they can do this whether they win or not by just making the cost of > Defending yourself too high. But Jail? Can someone be jailed for losing a > civil case? > > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The tide is high > > > In the case in question the person was reporting fact as well. Truth doesn't > seem to matter here, just damage to reputation. Go.com can come after me for > claiming (truthfully or not) that they pass spam. comcast can have me > arrested > for claiming that they are one of the biggest spam networks that affect my > systems. All true, but that doesn't save me from being some guys wife in > prison. > > > They would have a hard time proving anything because its all fact so don't > > sweat it > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:36 AM > > Subject: Re: The tide is high > > > > > > > Check out the thread titles "we're in trouble". my spam page, which > posts > > the > > > domains who have spammed me and who are blocked can cause a damage to > the > > > reputation of the companies involved as well as point out to spammers > > where an > > > open relay may be. This falls under the discussion in that thread. > > > > > > > > > > where is it aganist the law to tell people who is spamming you?? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:20 AM > > > > Subject: Re: The tide is high > > > > > > > > > > > > > And the virus posters as well. I'm getting a lot of government > 'true' > > > > senders, > > > > > as well as others who I'd expect to have some real protection. My > > tools > > > > are > > > > > showing me exactly who's sending what and I'm bouncing the messages > > back > > > > with > > > > > warnings about them, but.... > > > > > Looks like its time to rewrite the tools some more to add in a virus > > > > category > > > > > and special processing for it. Till now, viruses are labeled as spam > > to be > > > > > reported. A label of virus to be reported will be more exact. > > > > > Of course, I can be prosecuted for posting up the sites that spam me > > and > > > > who I > > > > > block, but that's another thread. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've gotten some reports from customers that they are getting the > > same > > > > > > message every 30 seconds and it seems to be a virus. All of my > email > > > > > > accounts are getting Spam just as they normally would. I'm > guessing > > that > > > > > > maybe the spammers are making up for extra time since the > Blackout. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dan Phillips > > > > > > www.CFXHosting.com > > > > > > 1-866-239-4678 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you want complete ColdFusion Administrator access? RDS? > Terminal > > > > > > Server?- CFX-Advanced VPS - > > > > > > http://www.cfxhosting.com/Plans/s_cfxadvancedVPS.cfm > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:07 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: The tide is high > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm being deluged with spam at the moment. The lists have blocked > > over > > > > > > 100 in the last 20 minutes or so and my black hole account has > done > > > > > > likewise. What the hell is going on? Is it be nice to spammers day > > > > > > today? > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Dinowitz > > > > > > Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you > had > > yet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
