We get around 500 spam e-mails a day and around 5-10 poker/drug sites trying to add themselves to our links directory (because really guys, that's going to happen...) So it's always nice to see spammers having to pay for the misery they inflict on others.

Not like they will ever pay the full billion dollar fine of course but it's the thought that counts...


A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers.

Robert Kramer, whose company provides e-mail service for about 5,000 subscribers in eastern Iowa, filed suit against 300 spammers after his inbound mail servers received up to 10 million spam e-mails a day in 2000, according to court documents.

AMP Dollar Savings Inc. of Mesa, Arizona, was ordered to pay $720 million and Cash Link Systems Inc. of Miami, Florida, was ordered to pay $360 million. The third company, Florida-based TEI Marketing Group, was ordered to pay $140,000.

CNN News