matthew cline matt nightrealms com writes there must be some way of tracking a spammer down since they are planning on making money from the spam what a court would consider evidence of being the spammer is another question haha just a few notes it will be difficult to find prosecute and win money from someone in various non friendly countries where spam originates china is a good example even if they do officially respect copyright law law suits take time between now and conclusion of the first court case we could have years of spam in our mail boxes contact information can change phone numbers po boxes stolen cell phones temporary email addresses etc spammers do not always remember to include contact information i don t understand it either but nobody said they were bright also some spam is non commercial or sent by a third party for example pump and dump stock scams so contact information is not strictly required for the spammer to get their way dan this URL email is sponsored by jabber the world s fastest growing real time communications platform don t just im build it in URL _______________________________________________ spamassassin talk mailing list spamassassin talk URL URL 