Comments on: Microsoft to fight crime with spammer's money

Software giant will also give New York state some of the $7 million culled from the company's settlement with Scott Richter.

Hmmm

Here's a quote from the BBC on the same story:

"As a result of joint lawsuits filed in 2003 by Microsoft and New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, Mr Richter pledged he would now only send spam e-mails to people who had confirmed they were willing to receive them."

ONLY SEND SPAM.. to people who had confirmed they were WILLING to receive them! Let me rephrase that - Only send "unwanted junk" to people who had confirmed they want to receive "unwanted junk". Yeah, that make sense :-/

[katamari]

But he's not a spammer, you see...

He's a "high-volume Email deployer". And yes, that's an exact quote from Richter himself.

Also, be sure to ask him about "Viagakra" and the female "Clitorious".

Hmmm

Here's a quote from the BBC on the same story:

"As a result of joint lawsuits filed in 2003 by Microsoft and New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, Mr Richter pledged he would now only send spam e-mails to people who had confirmed they were willing to receive them."

ONLY SEND SPAM.. to people who had confirmed they were WILLING to receive them! Let me rephrase that - Only send "unwanted junk" to people who had confirmed they want to receive "unwanted junk". Yeah, that make sense :-/

[katamari]

But he's not a spammer, you see...

He's a "high-volume Email deployer". And yes, that's an exact quote from Richter himself.

Also, be sure to ask him about "Viagakra" and the female "Clitorious".

Good job MS!!!

I'm sure the MS bashers will eventually show up and figure out some way to whine about this. Until then, I'm glad MS is going after the spammers.

Good job MS!!!

I'm sure the MS bashers will eventually show up and figure out some way to whine about this. Until then, I'm glad MS is going after the spammers.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

<sigh>

Ask yourselves who made the real money? Follow
the money folks. It is the companies selling the
crap that are the originators of this advertising
technique. It is too politically intractable to
go after the real culprits. Microsoft and other
large conglomerates will use these law suits
for public relations and yes "free advertising"
while solving nothing.

[Johnny Mnemonic]

<sigh>

Ask yourselves who made the real money? Follow
the money folks. It is the companies selling the
crap that are the originators of this advertising
technique. It is too politically intractable to
go after the real culprits. Microsoft and other
large conglomerates will use these law suits
for public relations and yes "free advertising"
while solving nothing.