[jennyp]

One lawyer got paid off to go away. I doubt Goliath even woke up.

True, but the only reason he got any satisfaction at all was that this was a real live corporation. Virtually all spam that I get comes from fly-by-night operations that are "judgement proof".

I forward each spam I get as an attachment to SpamCop. They parse the email headers & forward spam reports to all ISPs whose routers have touched the email. The legitimate ISPs then close their open relays or shut down the accounts of the spammers.

It doesn't destroy the spammers, but it does increase their operating costs. It's like cutting the grass.

[azhenfud]

"True, but the only reason he got any satisfaction at all was that this was a real live corporation. Virtually all spam that I get comes from fly-by-night operations that are "judgement proof"."

Might be "judgement proof", but last week I got return emails from AOL, Lycos, and Hotmail that they had closed the accounts of those who I had reported sending me unsolicited, objectionable material. There ARE ways to strike these guys back, the public just needs to be educated in how...
Az