Microsoft has teamed up with internet service providers (ISPs) AOL, Yahoo! and EarthLink for an orchestrated anti-spam offensive that kicks off with the software giant bringing a trio of lawsuits under the US Can-Spam federal law.
The three ISPs have also filed separate lawsuits against accused spammers in courts in Virginia, Georgia and California. AOL has filed two lawsuits, while EarthLink and Yahoo! each filed a single lawsuit.
"Collectively, these four ISPs continue to change the economics of spam by identifying and targeting top alleged spammers," said Aaron Kornblum, Microsoft's internet safety enforcement attorney.
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