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May 8, 2006 :: Volume 2, Issue 4
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An Unrepentant Spammer Vows to Carry On, Within the Law

Posted by TimSlavin at January 5, 2004

"Not long ago, Mr. Ralsky, like many other bulk e-mailers, had high hopes that the new federal law would help legitimize his operation. Just after Thanksgiving, he sat on a cream-colored couch in the basement of his large home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., an affluent suburb of Detroit, talking of how he expected the new law to make his business easier. He would identify himself, as required, and would honor any requests to be removed from his mailing lists, he said. He said that he was counting on Internet providers, in return, to stop trying to block his messages.

But more recently, Mr. Ralsky said in a follow-up interview by telephone, he has come to the conclusion that the law is more one-sided than he originally thought. Internet providers, he figures, will be able to tag and discard his mail with more certainty."

Excellent behind the scenes look at the business life of a spammer and how things might change with the new US anti-spam law. If you don't know, the new law legitimizes a lot of spam (from politicians, for example) as it strikes down much stronger state laws.

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