madison
Home / News & Blogs

Australian anti-spam fight getting slimy

Rachel Lebihan | June 19, 2002 2:35 PM PDT

Summary

Supporters of the anti-spam advocate who is being sued in a controversial Australian suit are on the verge of kicking off a slime campaign against the alleged spammer who is seeking damages, and are planning protests at seminars conducted by one of his companies. Perth-based direct marketing company T3 Direct is seeking AU$43,750 in compensation from Joseph McNichol, whom it alleges caused the company to be blacklisted on the spews.org Web site. A writ of summons was filed against McNichol on May 24.

”We’re planning an information awareness exercise to inform people attending the seminars what spamming is and who (T3) are,” Michael Harris, the event organizer, told ZDNet Australia. Harris, who is investigating the history of the man at the helm of T3 Direct, said: “this is now turning into a slime campaign. --Rachel Lebihan, ZDNet Australia

Topics

Rachel Lebihan, Technology News
Supporters of the anti-spam advocate who is being sued in a controversial Australian suit are on the verge of kicking off a slime campaign against the alleged spammer who is seeking damages, and are planning protests at seminars conducted by one of his companies. Perth-based direct marketing company T3 Direct is seeking AU$43,750 in compensation from Joseph McNichol, whom it alleges caused the company to be blacklisted on the spews.org Web site. A writ of summons was filed against McNichol on May 24.

”We’re planning an information awareness exercise to inform people attending the seminars what spamming is and who (T3) are,” Michael Harris, the event organizer, told ZDNet Australia. Harris, who is investigating the history of the man at the helm of T3 Direct, said: “this is now turning into a slime campaign. --Rachel Lebihan, ZDNet Australia

Talkback - Tell Us What You Think

Formatting +
BB Codes - Note: HTML is not supported in forums
  • [b] Bold [/b]
  • [i] Italic [/i]
  • [u] Underline [/u]
  • [s] Strikethrough [/s]
  • [q] "Quote" [/q]
  • [ol][*] 1. Ordered List [/ol]
  • [ul][*] · Unordered List [/ul]
  • [pre] Preformat [/pre]
  • [quote] "Blockquote" [/quote]

The best of ZDNet, delivered

ZDNet Newsletters

Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox

Facebook Activity