Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Spammer settles suit

A major spammer who was accused of sending up to 25 million emails per day <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6079868.html?tag=nl.e550">has settled a lawsuit</A> with Microsoft and the state of Texas. The settlement has cost Ryan Pitylak $1 million, as well as the seizure of many of the assets he accumulated during a short-lived career as one of the world's worst spammers. At the peak of his spamming activity, the 24-year-old Texas resident was listed as the world's fourth most-prolific spammer by antispam group Spamhaus. Now Pitylak is claiming something of an epiphany, saying he has seen the error of his ways and will dedicate his efforts to trying to rid the world of nuisance email.

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