Re: cyberpromotions

[Sanjay Dani <sanjay () professionals com>]

> He can sign all of the deals that he wants.  If he doesn't stop
> his illegal tactics of theft of services, he will be out
> of business -- we have contacted the local police department
> after the 3rd or 4th time he used our mail relay -- they 
> believe that charges of theft of service will stick.  We are
> holding off civil suits against cyberpromotions and their clients
> until criminal charges have been brought.  Once he has been
> charged with criminal theft of service, we will sue both cyber
> promotions and their clients for damages.

Great way to go! IMO, this is the best way to hit where it
hurts and punish the real offender instead of arm-twisting or
hacking into ISP's in the chain.

> > And in Interactive Week today, I see Cyber Promotions just signed a
> > three year deal with UUNet/Worldcom.  Someone was quoted as saying they
> > will have the capacity to "send 111 average-sized email messages per
> > second".

<sarcasm>
I'm eager to see which of the anti-spam preachers will
be the first to stop peering with and/or taking transit
from UUnet (WCOM) in order to stay "clean".
</sarcasm>

Sanjay.
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