] As a Senate committee sought answers yesterday on how to
] curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the
] nation's most notorious spammers told members just how
] hard their job would be.
]
] Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught
] computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce
] Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends
] between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12
] hours.
]
] He boasted that in 24 hours he could crack sophisticated
] software filters designed to block spam.
]
] And he accused Internet providers of hypocrisy in
] claiming to want to protect their customers from
] unsolicited messages.
]
] Large Internet companies spam their own members, he said,
] while other network access providers have signed
] contracts allowing known spammers to send out mass
] e-mail.
]
] "I'm probably the most hated person in this room," said
] an unapologetic Scelson, responding to a parade of
] technology, government and marketing officials who
] decried the purveyors of junk e-mail.

So all we have to do is grab this guy and beat him senseless as an example to spammers, right?

A Spammer Speaks Out (TechNews.com)