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From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Apr 14 18:36:04 1998

On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Pete Turnbull wrote:
>
> > ISTR an article on alt.folklore.computers a year or so back, giving the name of
> > the lawyer who sent the first officially-recorded unsolicited email spam. IIRC
> > he lost his account. I can't remember the details, so it might be hard to find
> > (and I'm not sure of the details, but 5-6 years ago sounds about right).
>
> His name was Kantor (sp?), it was usenet spam rather than email spam, and
> he was basically the first *unrepentant* spammer. Before that incident,
> you could intimidate spammers into stopping. This guy even went on to
> write a book on "internet marketing".
>
> -- Doug
 
And to make matters even worse, it was a husband and wife lawyer team!

                                                 - don
 
Received on Tue Apr 14 1998 - 18:36:04 BST