Microsoft seeks $7.4M from 'spam' e-mail firm, Associated Press, 4 Jan 2005

“Microsoft Corp. wants a Tucson man to pay $7.4 million, saying his business has sent millions of "spam'' e-mails - unwanted sales pitches that clutter electronic "in'' boxes and irritate computer users. Microsoft on Dec. 21 filed notice in Pima County Superior Court saying it had won a $7.4 million civil judgment in King County, Wash., against Glenn Hannifin of Tucson…The Hannifin lawsuit is one of 88 that Microsoft has filed in the past year and a half to stop so-called "spammers,'' said Marc Lallaman, a Microsoft spokesman.�

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