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Saturday, November 07, 2009 3:49 PM

Published 06/24/2009 by The Hindu


Convictions unlikely to end spam

News the U.S. Department of Justice has secured guilty pleas from five prolific spammers, including Alan Ralsky, may make other U.S.-based spammers pause for thought. And many of the most troublesome spammers are based in the U.S., although they use servers in China...

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