“Groovy Motherfucker”

Revenge, Spam, etc.

Following my my earlier post, an update on the situation.

First, Daryn replied from a different account (daryn@marinated.org):

Subject: Spam violation, washington state

Rod, 

 

Please do not forward your spam to Spam Arrest. We are a washington state company,

and as such, can take legal action against you for this.

 

Thanks,

 

Daryn 

Spam Arrest

However, I’ve checked the Washington state law and don’t believe I crossed the line, since I had no way of knowing if Daryn himself was a resident of WA.

Then he mailed me again

rod,

please remove me from your spam list.

As a washington state resident, if you do not honor my request, I can file a

legal complaint against you.

Thanks,

Daryn

Wrong again. WA state law says nothing about honouring opt-out requests. Only that you cannot a) forge the From address, b) forge a header or c) use a deceitful subject line.

Hmmm... An anti-spam firm who don't know anything about their local anti-spam laws? Promising.

So the forwarding of spam will continue.

In other news, I'm not the only one to be bothered by this spam, which means that SpamArrest's own mail servers are now appearing on various blacklists. Not a good sign for an anti-spam service.