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Re: who was the last legit spammer?

  • From: Jon Lewis
  • Date: Sun Jan 28 09:36:52 2007


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?


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