Re: Last Call: Anti-Spam Requirements on an SMTP MTA to BCP
"John S. Quarterman" <jsq@mids.org> Wed, 04 March 1998 14:45 UTC
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Subject: Re: Last Call: Anti-Spam Requirements on an SMTP MTA to BCP
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 08:44:07 -0600
From: "John S. Quarterman" <jsq@mids.org>
>At 02:16 PM 04-03-98 +0100, Sascha Ignjatovic wrote: >>IT MUSST BE ABLLE FOR BIG COMPANYS TO SUE SUCH SPAM COMPANYS WHO USES >>THEIR DOMAIN NAME-NOT ACUOUNTS AND TRADEMARKS TO > >There was a recent case in Texas (I believe) where a small-time spammer >caused significant trouble for an ISP and a small company by using that >company's domain name as a fake return address. > >The court found in favor of the small company that the spammer had damaged >them and misappropriated their resources. > >The spammers can be slammed legally if the companies being abused will just >do it. This is all true. For details about that case, see http://www.mids.org/nospam/. Thanks, John -- John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org> President, Matrix Information and Directory Services (MIDS) mids@mids.org, http://www.mids.org, +1-512-451-7602, fax: +1-512-452-0127 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 500W, Austin, TX 78723
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