It’s been four days since the Federal Trade Commission got an Illinois court to shut down the infamous HerbalKing spam network. The agency, and the anti-spam research organizations that aided it in the investigation, predicted that spam levels would drop as a result. So today we wondered: have they?According to the companies that monitor junk e-mail volume — not significantly.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/did-the-herbalking-takedown-decrease-spam/Trio facing first anti-spam civil court action
Spam has been the bane of computer users throughout the world, and international authorities are pointing the finger at New Zealanders for playing a large part in it.The unsolicited emails arrive in huge volumes advertising a range of questionable products such as sex-enhancing pills.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10538067
Did the HerbalKing Takedown Decrease Spam?
It’s been four days since the Federal Trade Commission got an Illinois court to shut down the infamous HerbalKing spam network. The agency, and the anti-spam research organizations that aided it in the investigation, predicted that spam levels would drop as a result. So today we wondered: have they?