Hi folks
It is extremely good news to see spammers hurt where it counts, in the wallet. Large fines against companies that intentionally abuse a trust-based system such as the email "network" around the world are entirely justified.
On a side note, perhaps a way to stop email abuse like this would be to charge per email recipient sent to - "oh no!" I hear you cry. But think, if we were charged just £0.001 per email per recipient sent to, private users could happily send a thousand emails for £1 (or about $1.54 US for those across the pond), but a spammer sending 1 million emails would be charged £1000. Multiply this up and suddently sending SPAM may not be profitable anymore.
Do either of the above impinge on freedom of speech, creativity and other such traits that the internet fosters? No, absolutely not. £1 for a thousand emails is several magnitudes cheaper than the postal service, and no legitimate user of the internet EVER needs to send out a million unsolicited emails in the first place.
Happy Amiga times ahead me hopes
-Bridge
