Re: AOL caves in to spammers

[Steve Sobol <sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net>]

Steve Sobol wrote:

> AOL didn't cave in. Reuters and BusinessWire ran a PRESS
> RELEASE from Harris, and traceroutes to AOL still showed
> AboveNet as of yesterday. The "news" article didn't contain
> any quotes from AOL, AboveNet, MAPS or anyone besides
> Harris.
>
> Harris's stock is in a lot of trouble and my bet is that they lied...
> they posted a "clarification" yesterday, but they're still full of
> crap...

The three rules of spamfighting from news.admin.net-abuse.email
apply here, I think...

1) Spammers lie.
2) If you think a spammer is telling the truth, see 1)
3) Spammers are stupid.

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