A big victory against spam. From the nwsource.com article:A notorious spammer once sued by Microsoft was arrested in Seattle this morning, a week after a federal grand jury indicted him under seal for allegedly illegal and prolific spamming.Links from a friend:Indictment & USDOJ press announcement here: http://www.mortgagespam.com/soloway/Early press accounts: http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6587991 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003727576_webspam30m.html […]
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This morning, at 7:30 Pacific time, Robert Soloway was arrested on charges related to spamming. He is currently in custody of the U.S. Marshal’s office awaiting his initial court appearance today at the U.S. District Court in Seattle at 2:30.

According to the Seattle PI, Soloway’s case centers on his Newport Internet Marketing company, which advertised spamming software and services. He is facing thirteen counts of money laundering, ten counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud, five counts of aggravated identity theft, and two counts of email fraud.

Not too surprisingly, the software that Soloway sold didn’t actually work. This is probably the source of at least some of the fraud charges. It would be interesting to see if any of Soloway’s would-be spammer customers are named in the case.

This is by no means Soloway’s first time in court — see Spam Kings for more. In the past, Soloway has bragged about being judgement-proof. Let’s see if he’s jail-proof.

Spamsuite.org has copies of the warrant and indictment on-line. Enjoy.
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Security startup Yoggie Systems has squashed 13 security applications - covering functions such as personal firewall, anti-spam, and anti-virus - onto a USB stick. via The Register
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“These are on most spammers lists so as soon as spam starts hitting those traps we know its happening”

The firm recommends using other services for important mail Spammers have knocked out the e-mail service of internet service provider Tiscali for many of its customers, the firm has said. via World Edition
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Mark Mumma, if you weren’t aware, is the anti-spammer who sued Omega World Travel a/k/a cruise.com over spam allegations, and lost. It seems to me that this may have been a situation where hubris and anger took control, getting in the way of facts and logic.

After all, this is the guy who let his mouth get the better of him when being interviewed by Ken Magill. Page four is the, uh, I guess you’d say, the best bit, where Mumma instructs Ken Magill to return the call of Omega’s lawyer and “you guys plan your next gay weekend together.” Right after bizarrely telling Ken, “well good luck to you in prison.”

According to John Levine, Ed Falk, and others, it looks like Mumma lost big, to the tune of $2.5 million in damages, Omega having won the defamation lawsuit it brought against him. Ken Magill’s overview and analysis is spot on, in my opinion.

I can’t tell for sure whether or not the mail in question was spam. So I’ll set that aside for the moment. But clearly, calling people names, risking (and ultimately committing) defamation is unwise. Sticking to the facts would likely help prevent that. Nor is it wise to agree to talk to a reporter then flip out and start to insult both him and the other party involved. Nor is it wise to refuse the settle the defamation allegations, even after you lose your anti-spam suit, setting yourself up to lose even more. Nor is it wise to tell people you’re going to sue them if they don’t stop emailing you, without telling them your email address. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. I could go on for hours.

I hope somebody obtains all the court documents and uses them as the “how not to behave” section of a book on how to fight spam.

May 30, 2007 update: More on this from Ken Magill.
Anti-Spammers Distance Themselves from Mumma
Belligerant Anti-Spammer Watch: Mumma’s Claims Debunked

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Here’s links to the most relevant takes on the recent webmail changes at AOL, in my own humble opinion.

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Updated Tiscali has admitted the reason many of its customers have been unable to send outgoing email for over a week is because it has been blacklisted as a spammer.
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