The Feds finally (as in why did they not do this 4 years ago?) caught up with the person they think is responsible for a large part of the growing spam problem (and we are not talking the stuff that comes from pigs).

Robert Soloway, who was (is?) living a life of luxury on the backs of zombie computers that send out millions of spam messages daily was arrested and 4 of his accounts (they seem to think he has many more) seized, and hopefully his enterprise shut down.  I say hopefully since he already has $17 million in judgments against him (that I gather he failed to pay), and nothing was done to him after those convictions.  Granted, those were civil cases that resulted in monetary awards, but when you have the smoke coming from a gun, you look at the person holding the gun!

Justice delayed may not always be justice served, but at least it is a respite for every Internet user's mailbox.  He and his ilk have caused a lot of innovations in the email industry, but ones that we could have lived without if the cause was not so aggravating and time wasting.

I think this is one case that all of us can celebrate!  I for one am going to email this to all my friends.  Some may be feeling lonely with the lack of spam they now have to deal with.