Microsoft Sues Spammer’s Web Hosting Provider   - 1,725 Views, 2 Comments

In their lawsuit against CheapBulletProof.com (now there’s a subtle name, eh?), Microsoft asserts that they “actively recruit spammers to use their services by trolling Internet forums frequented by spammers.”

CheapBulletProof says that it isn’t true, and that they don’t tolerate spammers who (note closely) break the law, and if they found out that any of their customers were breaking the law, they would warn them (ahem), and that if they did it again they would terminate them. (Wow, are they ever strict!)

But just in case that doesn’t show their colours clearly enough, there is always their blurb just above the fold on their homepage which says that you should host with them because their servers “are all China-based to ensure no problems arise from complaints generated by email you send”. Then there is that banner ad at the bottom which reads “Make Big Money with Spam”.

Hmm..and just above that banner is a list of their AIM, MSN, and ICQ addresses as well as their email address.

You can see their website at http://www.CheapBulletProof.com.
You can read more about this here.

[As an aside, one of the unsung heros of the CAN-SPAM act is the clause which says that you can be sued not only for being a spammer under CAN-SPAM, but for providing a service to spammers and making money off those spam-supporting services.]

Aunty