Now, is your chance to help... >>>From Larry Stephens those of you who have been around awhile will remember MAISER, the service I started these (and 900 or so other) lists on. It was brought down by a spammer who protested his innocence. Since then I've been spammed by his ads several more times (via other unfortunate servers). He is now being sued. I am including a message from the attorney asking for information. If you have information PLEASE SEND IT TO PETE WELLBORN, NOT ME. Dear Larry: I enjoyed talking to you today and appreciate any help that you and your subscribers are able to provide in my battle against Sam Khuri ("Khuri") and Benchmark Print Supply ("Benchmark"). As I told you, I am the Co-Chairman of the Internet & New Technologies Practice Group ("INTECH") at Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP (a 100+ attorney firm in Atlanta, Georgia). I was the lead attorney for EarthLink in its legal victory over Cyber Promotions, Inc. in 1998, and have devoted a substantial part of my practice over the last few years to fighting spam. I currently represent BiblioTech, Ltd. (a London, England-based provider of free e-mail services under the trade name "postmaster") in a suit against a number of spammer/spoofers, including Khuri and Benchmark. In this lawsuit, Khuri makes, among of others, the following claims, which will sound familiar to you and your users in the wake of the Benchmark spoofing incident in May 1997 that involved the Maiser servers: * that he has never "directly" sent out unsolicited e-mails; * that any bad deeds were done by a third-party contractor, whose name Khuri has lost; and * that he has never received a written complaint regarding his e-mail practices. I would appreciate any input from you or your subscribers that may help disprove these claims or that may otherwise prove helpful in building the case against Benchmark. Such information may include details concerning e-mails or written transmissions sent to or from Khuri or even telephone conversations with Khuri. Ultimately, I may want to obtain an affidavit from you and/or any of your users with particularly "juicy" Benchmark stories. My e-mail address is: pete.wellborn@agg.com. >>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, Lisa