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firehorse
08-23-2003, 10:54 PM
A New Zealander who sent millions of junk emails out every day has shut his business after his personal details were posted on the web.

Shane Atkinson - whose business is known as spamming - said the barrage of abuse made him worry about the safety of his children.

His identity as the man behind millions of spam messages promoting penis enlargement pills was revealed in a Herald article last week. Mr Atkinson said that on a good day he and his associates would send out 100 million messages

FULL STORY (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3518744&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general)

pornodoggy
08-24-2003, 01:42 PM
I'm not a fan of spammers, but I sure don't care much for that tactic.

firehorse
08-25-2003, 06:50 AM
I agree that much spam is very uncool and so are people that have no respect for family and children! :rolleyes: