Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam

from the all-the-better-to-annoy--you-with dept

Ronnie Scelson is one of the shortlist of spammers who just seems to love publicity. While many spammers like to hide away, Scelson's always willing to talk. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee today, claiming that he is now complying with CAN-SPAM, but threatened to ignore the law if not enough of his spam messages were getting through filters. He actually has the audacity to complain that now that CAN-SPAM is in effect, ISPs should be required to let his mail through. Maybe the filters are a little to thick around his head and the message isn't getting through to him: the reason his spam is filtered is because people don't want it.

2 Comments | Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 

Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

  1.  

    Re: Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims ISPs Sh

    identicon
    Eric Purkalitis, May 20th, 2004 @ 9:39pm

    You don't think Proctor & Gamble or Citibank aren't going to have the same complaint when they comply with CAN-SPAM? The entire law was drawn up to ensure that big corporations could still send spam.

    reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

  2.  

    let customers decide

    identicon
    aNonMooseCowherd, May 21st, 2004 @ 8:47am

    I don't see what the big deal is. The ISPs can (some already do) let their customers decide whether the ISP should filter their email for spam. If they do, then spammers have no grounds to complain, because the ISPs are merely offering an additional service at their customers' request.

    reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]


Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>


A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
From the Techdirt Archive...
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This