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Monday, June 05, 2006

Ryan Pitylak settles for $1 million

Ryan Pitylak, once listed as the world's 4th most prolific spammer by Spamhaus has settled a lawsuit with Microsoft and the state of Texas, according to a ZDNet article. Pitylak claims to have been converted to the path of righteousness (Guardian), but then, Sanford Wallace once made the same claim.

The "Talkback" comments in the ZDNet article show the same skepticism I'm feeling.

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