Perhaps the organization name is simply truncated, the whole being: SpamIsSpam...

Despite the suspension of his parked domains at DomainDirect, he continues to send his "information messages" out, allegedly from contact@spamis.biz, contact@spamis.net, contact@spamis.org, and contact@spamis.com.

The latest message urges readers to not support Sender ID.

So here is a spammer criticizing MS for spamming. spamis.biz sent me an email forged to look like it was sent from one of my sites to my personal email.

This is EXACTLY why I think we need to support efforts such as Sender-ID. It's not a final solution, but it would be better than current practice that allows analities like spamis to let people believe that I'm sending the spam.

I want someone to invent a program whereby anyone receiving a spam can initiate a 'reject' and the spam will return to sender - and blow up the bastard's computer. Hopefully while he's at it.

Some points to debate:

1. SPAMIS is sending LEGAL email under the U.S. Can Spam Act, although these are still unsolicated political oriented emails, which under U.S. Law is 100% Legal and that you do not have to the Can Spam Act, but commonly referred to as "SPAM"

2. Microsoft is in the business of sending legitmate unsolicated commerical emails, see their website at: http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/online/email-marketing/list-builder/detail.mspx

And their also in the business of selling email address at:

http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/online/sales-leads/detail.mspx

3. The point the guy is trying to make is Why legimate business activies such as what Microsoft does is not good for the little guy? Why does he have to face some consequences that microsoft is doing?

Answer: Obviously, to elminate the competition. Microsoft has always been famous for their ability to eliminate competition.

Redirect:

I DO NOT in anyway support illegal Spam Activites, nor do I support U.S. Can Spam Act (It is a start), but the law allows for anyone to send email commerical to everyone in the United States for one time, and more unless they choose to be removed from the list.
And NO RESTRICTION for POLITICAL oriented or NON-Profit unsolicated email. Other Congressman X can spam the hell out of his community.

Anyways, we need a new law, stricter. Only those who CHOOSE to receive spam emails! Also, when you request to be removed, that they actually do remove you. I've have requested from one LEGIT large company to be removed at least a dozen times and it still doesn't happen.

(Which is just BULLS***, cause I run my own ebusiness, and all my clients if request are INSTANTLY marked in my DATABASE DO NOT SEND AGAIN EVER, and they do not recieve it, simple little correction)

Agree or Disagree, excuse me for the long winded comments.

The law won't ever be enough to stop spam, as the previous comment points out. The law is there to nail the most egregious offenders, and punish people when we catch them by technical means. And spammers will cheat, because one UCE is never enough.

We need laws, sure, and we need as many technical restrictions as we can muster, because no one of those is going to be enough either.

I thought the CAN-SPAM act required that a simple unsubscribe mechanism be provided in the email?

If so, I'm not sure I've found one in spamis' spam (making it illegal).

If not...why the f not?

Because the CAN-SPAM act is a big wet noodle.
Quote: The term ``commercial electronic mail message'' means any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service (including content on an Internet website operated for a commercial purpose).
The Spamis messages are not commercial, therefore they aren't spam. Thanks to the geniuses in congress and the vomitous turds at the DMA, we've got NO LEGAL RECOURSE against this abuse.

The fact is, the guy's an idiot. He's mainly concerned that his business, which is sending commercial spam, has been affected. His campaign won't accomplish anything... just the last rantings of a guy who's going down.

I'm happy... I think this EMail show that this person is not mature.

I never subsribe to "opt-in" list.

And my "public" email is on his list.

This person Suck.

Why would we apply any different rules to spam than we do to direct mail advertising? I want my email box spam free, but my mailbox continues to be filled with ads. Over 90% of my daily postal mail goes straight into the trash.

You know for some reason I don't know why I'm just so pissed to receive email from this joker. I get tons of spam but they don't bother me. I don't get spam from MS tho... but now I wish I did.. LOL.

This guy is just pathetic. I hope he meets a fate worse than that Russian spammer who got killed by a vigilante.

You realise that this exact text from the spam is ripped from a _2000_ issue of theregister, right?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/13/junk_mail_from_ms_whose/

I received about 8 of these this morning all from different IP's. All of them have MY OWN e-mail address as the from and to. I think they call that a "JOE JOB". THAT IS ILLEGAL. I am not the only one either. This is being discussed on several blogs and boards on the net. Evedently he started last night.

I would like to thank Robert Soloway for servicing my joe.

As for your SPAMIS rant, keep it up. You are giving a pit bull reason to tear you apart. And it will.

I am in the same boat. I get tons of spam all the time but for some reason his spam really grates on my last nerve. And when you send an email requesting to be taken off the list, of course it comes back an error.

I want my spam to be filled with porn! Not spam about spam! :D

I'd love to actually meet someone from SPAMIS. Comtact me....In person.....

Bob is just another spamloser who forges headers.

I tracked at least 3 of his "charity" sites and found them to, gosh..be on the exact same servers as a website for " herbal v1agra".

Soloway is breaking the law, and I have over 1000 spams to prove it. He forges headers, he spiders the web for email addressses and sells them as opted-in, and he harasses people by flooding their inboxes with forged emails. There is nothing legal about what he does, and he's using this false charity front to sell his illegal products. This is why he hides behing forged emailings, and why he has to now FORGE WHOIS DATA ON HIS WEBSITE NAMES. Breaking the law is breaking the law. To anyone who is foolish enough to fall for his lies: check out the BBB complaints or just type his name and the word SPAM in google.

Do what I did fax him whatever CRAP you feel like at 206-260-3270 It annoys him alot. Also as long as he gets crap and is busy with it he can't SPAM.

Better yet why not ask him in person why he is forging you address [Personal contact info deleted]

I've received a new twist on this spam message... "we email advertise your charity web site to 7,500,000 people. free.

www.permissionemailcorp.com" FROM MY EMAIL ADDRESS, TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS. I also wonder who they are spaming with my own email address. What is the recourse for damages?

Interesting that I use GoDaddy for my domains and recenty changed my contact info to my personal email address that received this spam message twice, today (Feb 23 6:43 AM) and yesterday (Feb 24 at 7:04 am).

After a bit of research, this could very well be a scam originating from another country (China?). Likely a clever attempt to get an order via American Express, MC, Visa or Discover, through a non-secured webpage (http vs. https). Unsuspecting business owners might enter their credit card numbers, only to have them stolen.

There is a fax number provided,+1(206)260-3270, but that could be an IP phone (Vonage, etc.) sitting somewhere in China. Microsoft targeted Robert Soloway in 2005 so it would be easy to direct upset recipients to that person while grabbing a few hundred (thousand?) credit cards before closing up shop. That's my guess...

John
IndianaDigital.net
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Here's what I found with 10 minutes of searching...

Here's an update from SpamHaus that should shed some light on this:

(www) spamhaus.org/organization/statement.lasso?ref=3

Here's the company contact info for "Broadcast Email Service" when you follow the link in the spam email:

Corporation Headquarters
Located In The Heart of the Downtown Business District Located in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Corporate Address:
1001 4th Ave - #1259
Seattle, WA 98111
United States of America

Additional Information:
Please Read Under Email Software, Email Services, Custom Emailings and Charity Info to Learn About All of Our Products & Services. Thank You.
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Google the following [ 1001 4th Ave - #1259 seattle ] for insight to who shows up with this address.

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One of the Google links takes you to http://robertalansoloway.com where you can click a link to view a PDF of a lawsuit from Microsoft against Robert Soloway, who is identified as the CEO of Broadcast Email Service. In this lawsuit, Robert Soloway is identified as "Newport Internet Marketing" of CA.

However, even this is misleading. A WhoIs lookup reports the Domain Holder as...

Domain Name: PERMISSIONEMAILCORP.COM
Registrar: BEIJING INNOVATIVE LINKAGE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DBA DNS.COM.CN
Whois Server: whois.dns.com.cn
Name Server: NS1.PERMISSIONEMAILCORP.COM
Name Server: NS2.PERMISSIONEMAILCORP.COM
Name Server: NS3.PERMISSIONEMAILCORP.COM
Name Server: NS4.PERMISSIONEMAILCORP.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 19-feb-2007
Creation Date: 17-nov-2006
Expiration Date: 17-nov-2007
Domain Name.......... permissionemailcorp.com
Creation Date........ 2006-11-17 21:43:02
Registration Date.... 2006-11-17 21:43:02
Expiry Date.......... 2007-11-17 21:43:02

...If you lookup who administers the domain, you get:

advertisingemailcorporation.com
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Domain Name: ADVERTISINGEMAILCORPORATION.COM
Registrar: BEIJING INNOVATIVE LINKAGE TECHNOLOGY LTD. DBA DNS.COM.CN
Name Server: NS1.KANJERIMADA.INFO
Name Server: NS2.KANJERIMADA.INFO
Name Server: NS3.KANJERIMADA.INFO
Name Server: NS4.KANJERIMADA.INFO
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 25-jan-2007
Creation Date: 17-nov-2006
Expiration Date: 17-nov-2007

I'd like to hear what others come up with after a bit more digging.

John
IndianaDigital.net

Thanks for these comments, this company has hijacked by personal email address and is using it as a spoof for its emails.

It looks as if my thoughts about suing on the grounds of defamation of character would probably go nowhere. Very discouraging.

I have received hundreds of emails from the emailbroadcastingcompany and have tried to "remove" my name with no luck. How do they get these thru "we will email advertise your charity web site to 7,500,000 people. FREE TODAY"

Any help on finding these people and prosecuting them thru the anti-spamming laws would be helpful!