Scott Richter, who long reigned as the self-proclaimed Spam King of the 'net, has turned in his crown for a (gasp!) opt-in mailing list. He's been trumpeting his reformation for months now, but his claims were finally given credence after he was dropped from the Register of Known Spam Operations, Spamhaus' list of hard-core spammers. In order to get off the list, he had to go without spam complaints for six months.
Evidently, the goal of the ROKSO list is to encourage reform among the most notorious spammers - this seems to be an indication that the encouragement is working. Will Richter be followed by others of his spam brethren onto the path of straight and narrow?
