Author: JT Smith
ZDNET: “Just before Memorial Day, I attended SpamCon 2001, a first-of-its-kind
conference focusing exclusively on what can be done to combat spam. It was there that I
realized just how thin a line divides spammers from virus writers. Both target your e-mail inbox
with unwanted junk. Both can tie up corporate e-mail servers with excessive traffic. And both
entice you to click some attachment or link you’d otherwise not bother with. The big difference
between the two is that writing a virus is illegal in this country and in several others, while writing
and sending spam is not.”
conference focusing exclusively on what can be done to combat spam. It was there that I
realized just how thin a line divides spammers from virus writers. Both target your e-mail inbox
with unwanted junk. Both can tie up corporate e-mail servers with excessive traffic. And both
entice you to click some attachment or link you’d otherwise not bother with. The big difference
between the two is that writing a virus is illegal in this country and in several others, while writing
and sending spam is not.”
