[H]ardNews 1st Edition

Die, Spammer, Die:

O.K., so this scumbag spammer was caught but is unrepentant and vows to mold his old spam game to fit new guidelines. Are the new guidelines and big ass fines going to be enough of a deterrent or do we need to implement a flat rate for e-mail that Kyle was talking about that would make bulk spam very expensive? I guess we’ll see but this guy still irks me.

(Kyles Note: Actually that was not me talking about spam fees, but rather just a link I posted. I personally think that while the idea has a rosy surface, there is no way to make it actually work.)

Alan Ralsky, according to experts in the field, has long been one of the most prolific senders of junk e-mail messages in the world. But he has not sent a single message over the Internet in the last few weeks. He stopped sending e-mail offers for everything from debt repayment schemes to time-share vacations even before President Bush, on Dec. 16, signed the new Can-Spam Act, a law meant to crack down on marketers like Ralsky.