Those of you who do not like getting spam might appreciate this excerpt from the, "Amateur Radio Newsline, June 18, 2004," newsletter available at <a href="http://www.arnewsline.org/";>this site.</a> Enjoy. ==============================cut here============================== ENFORCEMENT: SPAMMER GOES TO JAIL A New York state man who sent out millions of "spam" e-mails has been sentenced to three and a half to seven years in prison. This according to a May 27th news release from that states Attorney General's office which said that Howard Carmack, known as the "Buffalo Spammer," received the maximum sentence for 14 counts of identity theft and forgery. A spokesman for New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said that Carmack sent out hundreds of millions of bulk e-mail messages. That he flooded inboxes and saddled Internet providers with millions of dollars in costs. But it was his use of stolen identities and forged addresses that caused action by state prosecutors. New York has no state laws specifically dealing with spam. Carmack was found guilty of violating state forgery and identity-theft laws in April. Internet provider EarthLink Inc. won a $16.5 million judgment against Carmack last year, and EarthLink officials testified in the criminal trial as well. (Published news reports) ==============================cut here============================== -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. SLOPE = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
