Re: who was the last legit spammer?

[Matthew Black <black () csulb edu>]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:30:09 -0500 (EST)
 Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Travis H. wrote:
>
> > Hey, was discussing something from the long distant past recently.
> > Specifically it was my memory of the last legitimate spamhaus,
> > and how (IIRC) their backbone was DDoS'd as an act of pseudo-vigilante
> > justice.  I also seem to remember their backbone as spinning it
> > as a content-neutral free-speech kind of thing, but they buckled
> > and the Internet was probably better off.
>
> "Legit spammer"?  Perhaps you're thinking of Sanford Wallace's cyberpromo 
> and AGIS?
>
> http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9710/msg00018.html


Kanter & Seagal's Green Card spam? I think they were the first
wide-spread spam. Anyone recall the year/date? I'm thinking 1993.

matthew black
network services
california state university, long beach