Howard Dean for President Campaign

Internet Savy Dean Campaign Hires Notorious Spammers.    [The following is quoted from an article published at news.com.com] Dean campaign says it spammed By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com August 18, 2003, 11:41 AM PT Howard Dean's presidential campaign acknowledged on Monday that it had spammed an undisclosed number of people with unsolicited political advertisements. The campaign said Dean, the former Democratic governor of Vermont, remained opposed to unsolicited bulk e-mail and blamed the spamming on two contractors who had promised to contact only people who had specifically requested to receive the advertisements. "We recently contracted with two vendors who made assurances that their lists were opt-in only," the campaign said in an e-mail to CNET News.com. "On Tuesday, August 12th, Dean for America received notification from a supporter that spam was being sent. We terminated our relationship with both vendors immediately." The full article is online at:   Dean Campaign Says it Spammed    One anti-spam site has posted copies of an earlier episode in which someone spammed apparently on behalf of the Dean campaign using the services of some notorious spammers, including Eddy Marin, who, according to the Miama Herald, has spent time in jail for cocaine trafficking charges and is now facing a prison sentence for money laundering, a charge he says he's appealing. Marin is also listed on the SBL for having been thrown off at least three ISPs for spamming:   Miami Herald Article on Marin, Internet Porn King and Cocaine Trafficer   Dean and apparent joe-job   Spamhaus ROKSO: Spammers Thrown off Three or More ISPs. Eddy Marin Listed.   Eddy Marin Business and Legal Info on spamhaus.org    The other spam operation mentioned in online sources in regard to the Dean campaign spam episode this time is emailresults.net. This company appears to be selling itself to legitimate corporations and organizations as being in possesion of legitimate opt-in subscription lists. They were responsible for spam by Indiana Weslyan University recently. I received two copies of that spam, to two different addresses, and spent several hours by email and on the phone explaining the harsh facts of life to representatives of the school. The company also goes or has gone under the name mediaheights. Documentation of spam from emailresults on behalf of Dean campaing is online here:   Dean and emailresults.net